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Durham City Council (1179 - 1974)

Reference: Du 3 Catalogue Title: Durham City Council (1179 - 1974) Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Local Board of Health, Urban Sanitary Authority

Covering Dates: 1790-1955

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Local Board of Health, Urban Sanitary Authority, Urban District Council (Ref: Du 3)

Durham Municipal Borough Council gained the powers of:
1) Local Board of Health (1848 Public Health Act)
2) Urban Sanitary Authority (1875 Public Health Act)
3) Urban District Council to [1935] (1894 Local Government Act)

Minutes (Ref: Du 3/1/1-34)

Local Board of Health minutes, 9 August 1849 - 7 May 1862
(1 volume, calf bound)


Index to Du 3/1/1
(1 booklet)


Local Board of Health minutes, 4 June 1862 - 2 June 1875
(1 volume, calf bound)


Index to Du 3/1/3
(1 booklet)


Urban Sanitary Authority minute book, 7 July 1875 - 6 August 1884
(1 volume, calf bound)


Index to Du 3/1/5
(1 booklet)


Urban Sanitary Authority minute book, 3 September 1884 - 28 March 1893
(1 volume, calf bound)


Index to Du 3/1/7
(1 booklet)


Urban Sanitary Authority minutes and from January 1895 Urban District Council minutes, 3 May 1893 - 1 April 1896
(1 volume, calf bound)


Index to Du 3/1/9
(1 booklet)


Urban District Council minutes, 6 May 1896 - 27 October 1899
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban District Council minutes, 9 November 1899 - 4 August 1903
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban District Council minutes, 2 September 1903 - 6 February 1907
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban District Council minutes, 6 March 1907 - 6 July 1910
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban District Council minutes, 3 August 1910 - 4 December 1912
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban District Council minutes, 8 January 1913 - 6 January 1915
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban District Council minutes, 3 February 1915 - 9 November 1917
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban District Council minutes, 5 December 1917 - 6 October 1920
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban District Council minutes, 3 November 1920 - 6 June 1923
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban District Council minutes, 3 July 1923 - 7 April 1926
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban District Council minutes, 5 May 1926 - 24 June 1929
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban District Council minutes, 7 August 1929 - 9 November 1932
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban District Council minutes, 7 December 1932 - 2 May 1934
(1 volume, calf bound)


Local Board of Health draft minutes, 9 August 1849 - 3 September 1850
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Local Board of Health draft minutes, 1 October 1850 - 2 February 1853
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Local Board of Health draft minutes, 7 February 1853 - 18 April 1855
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Local Board of Health draft minutes, 2 May 1855 - 3 February 1858
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Local Board of Health draft minutes, 1 August 1860 - 3 June 1863
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Local Board of Health draft minutes, 1 May 1867 - 12 October 1870
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Local Board of Health draft minutes, 7 December 1870 - 5 March 1873
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Local Board of Health minutes, n d. [1850s]
(1 paper)


Local Board of Health agenda, n.d. [1850s]
(2 papers)


Urban District Council agenda, 5 April 1922
(1 file, defective)

Committees of Local Board of Health (Ref: Du 3/2/1-9)

Minutes of Local Board of Health and Sewerage Committee, 14 February 1853 - 4 May 1854
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Report of resolutions adopted by the Committee for the Removal of Nuisances, 14 September 1853, minutes of Local Board of Health, 5 December 1855 - 3 December 1856, Nuisance Removal Committee, 8 December 1856 - 26 October 1857, Flagging, Paving and Road Committee, 9 February 1854
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Minutes of Sewerage, Flagginer, Lighting and Roads; Town Rate Amendment, Gas Lighting, Nuisance Removal, Local Government Bill, Fire Brigade, Pant Water, Finance Estimate Planning, Tollgate and Improvement Committees, 8 December 1856 -5 March 1865
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Minutes of Finance, Cattle Plague Committees and public meetings, 11 August 1865 - 3 May 1869
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minutes of Gas Lighting, Finance and General Purposes, Nuisance Removal, Common Lodging House, Fire Engine and Improvement Committees, 13 March 1866 - 29 November 1869
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minutes of Gas Lighting, Finance and General Purposes, Nuisance Removal and Special Committees, 5 December 1870 - 5 September 1871
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minutes of Gas Lighting, Horse and Stable, Finance and General Purposes, Hospital Management, Health, Urban Sanitary Authority, Race Course, Corporation Manual, River Pollution, Animals, Byelaws, Finance of Council, Town Hall, Local Government Act, Baths and Bridges, Technical Instructions and Urinals Committees, 27 November 1893 - 17 January 1895
(1 volume, leather bound)


Memorandum book of removal of nuisances, 13 November 1848 - 13 April 1854
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Reports of Finance Committee, Watch Committee, Gas Lighting Committee, Baths and Washhouses Committee, special committees appointed to readjust salaries of Town Clerk and Clerk to Justices, Special Committee re Extension of Borough, and reports of Medical Officer of Health re smallpox, the number of registrations of births and deaths and the notification of infectious diseases, 4 July 1893 - 4 October 1901
(1 file)

Correspondence, Reports, Orders and Notices (Ref: Du 3/3/1-12)

Letter book of Local Board of Health, 9 August 1849 - 5 August 1854
(1 volume, calf half-bound)


Letter book of Local Board of Health, 29 August 1854 - 7 August 1871
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Orders made to the general quarter sessions, at notices to householders and correspondence concerning the removal of nuisances from property, minutes of meetings of the Local Board of Health, tenders for street lamps, limestone etc., 27 June 1842 - 4 April 1859
(1 file)


Local Board of Health notices of intention to levy a general rate, correspondence re loans made to Local Board of Health, notices to householders re the removal of nuisances, correspondence re appointment of the Collector of Rates, correspondence from surveyor to Local Board of Health re inspections of drains and sewers, 30 December 1852 - 9 December 1853
(1 file)


Inspectors' reports to Local Board of Health on dwelling houses and the state of drains, and notices to householders by the Local Board of Health re removal of nuisances and the provision of drains, 24 August 1854 - 27 August 1855
(1 file)


Local Board of Health - notices of meetings, estimates and notices re district rate, abstract of receipts and expenditure, surveyors' reports and correspondence re paving, drainage and pollution of River Wear, reports of flagging, paving and road committee, notices and tenders re repairs to roads and paving, letters of application for post of surveyor, notices of sanitary inspectors to householders re insanitary state of drains etc., petitions re provision of lighting, correspondence re loans, 4 January 1854 - 27 January 1858
(1 file)


Notices of meetings of Local Board of Health, reports to Local Board of Health re suitability of property for human habitation, estimates for general district rate and notices of intention to levy a general rate, correspondence to Local Board of Health re nuisances and tolls, abstract of receipts and expenditure of Local Board of Health and reports of surveyors to Local Board of Health re conditions of drainage and housing, 4 April 1858 - 31 December 1862
(1 file)


Local Board of Health - notices of meetings, notices and estimate of general district rate, reports of surveyor re housing and drainage, correspondence re nuisances and overcrowding, and petitions re footpaths, roads and watercourses, 2 February 1863 - 1 December 1866
(1 file)


Notices issued by the Local Board of Health (from 1872 Urban Sanitary Authority) and correspondence re the removal of nuisances, notices of meetings and reports of the Finance and General Purposes Committee, Lighting Committee etc., estimates and notices of district rates, 13 August 1867 - 21 July 1873
(1 file)


Urban Sanitary Authority - notices of meetings, correspondence re nuisances, petitions and papers re proposal to use militia barracks as a smallpox hospital, reports of infectious diseases hospital, Health Committee, Finance and General Purposes Committee, Gas Lighting Committee, notice of infectious disorders, annual report of Medical Officer of Health and quarterly returns of births and deaths for districts of St. Oswald and St Nicholas, 16 January 1883 - 25 November 1884
(1 file)


Urban Sanitary Authority - notices of meetings, reports of Finance and General Purposes Committee and monthly statements, reports of Gas Lighting Committee, notices from Clerk of Urban Sanitary Authority to householders re construction of sewers, notice of general district rate, returns of births and deaths and annual report of Medical Officer of Health, 5 January 1885 - 21 November 1888
(1 file)


Urban Sanitary Authority - monthly statements, notices of meetings, notice of intended rate, and annual report of Medical Officer of Health, 2 January 1889 - 23 December 1891
(1 file)

Accounts (Ref: Du 3/4/1-38)

Local Board of Health and Urban Sanitary Authority Treasurer's accounts, 15 September 1866 - 3 October 1876
(1 volume, calf half-bound)


Urban Sanitary Authority Treasurer's accounts, 30 September 1876 - 8 May 1879
(1 volume, calf half-bound)


Urban Sanitary Authority cash account book, April 1879 - April 1890
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban Sanitary Authority cash accounts, April 1890 - September 1891
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban Sanitary Authority receipts and expenditure, March - August 1891
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban Sanitary Authority accounts, November 1885 - July 1891
(1 volume, leather bound)


Urban Sanitary Authority accounts ledger, April 1879 - May 1891
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban Sanitary Authority accounts ledger, 25 March 1891 - 25 March 1894
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban Sanitary Authority balance sheets, March 1879 - March 1891
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Urban Sanitary Authority accounts ledger re paving, January 1882 - October 1891
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban Board and Corporation general ledger, 25 March 1891 - October 1894
(1 volume, calf bound)


Urban Sanitary Authority bank account with J. Backhouse & Co., July 1887 - March 1891
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Urban Sanitary Authority bank account with J. Backhouse & Co., April 1891 - September 1894
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Urban Sanitary Authority bank account with J. Backhouse & Co., October 1894 - September 1897
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Statements of the accounts of the Urban Sanitary Authority and the Corporation of Durham, 1 April 1886 - 31 March 1887
(1 booklet, printed)


Statements of the accounts of the Urban Sanitary Authority and the Corporation of Durham, 1 April 1887 - 31 March 1888
(1 booklet, printed)


Statements of the accounts of the Urban Sanitary Authority and the Corporation of Durham, 1 April 1888 - 31 March 1889
(1 booklet, printed)


Statement of the accounts of the Urban Sanitary Authority and the Corporation of Durham, 1 April 1899 - 31 March 1890
(1 booklet, printed)


Abstract of receipts and expenditure of the City of Durham Urban Sanitary Authority, March 1878 - March 1879
(1 paper, printed)


Statement of the account of cost of repairing main roads by the City of Durham U.S.A., for year ending 25 March 1885
(1 paper)


Statement of the account of the cost of repairing main roads by the City of Durham U.S.A., year ending 25 March 1887
(1 paper)


Statement of the account of the cost of repairing main roads by the City of Durham U.S.A., 25 March 1888
(1 paper)


Copy returns of receipts and expenditure for years ending 1886 - 1890
(5 booklets)


Bill of cost and statement of account of U.S.A. with William Lisle, solicitor, June 1887 - February 1888
(1 file, 1 paper)


Report of mayor's auditor on accounts, March 1889 - March 1890
(1 file, paper)


Letter of secretary of Weardale and Shildon District Water Works Co., enclosing copies of receipts, January 1888 - August 1891
(1 file)


List of receipts and payments made by the accountant re rents and pavement repairs, 5 July 1890 - 19 March 1891
(1 paper)


Investigation of the accounts of Mr. Staton, the accountant to the City of Durham Corporation and the Urban Sanitary Authority re cash book, manure and repairs and the account against Durham Gas Company, 1885 - 1891
(1 booklet)


Rough accounts of the U.S.A. and concerning Mr. Staton the accountant, 1884 - 1891
(4 files, paper)


Urban Sanitary Authority outstanding accounts, 1885 - 1891
(1 file, paper)

Receipts and Wages Lists (Ref: Du 3/4/39-204)

Receipts and wages lists re work carried out on county roads, 6 April 1888 - 22 March 1889
(1 file, paper)


Weekly wages lists re foremen, clerks, scavengers, baths and washhouses, and refuse work, 6 April 1888 - 29 March 1889
(1 bundle)


Receipts and wages lists for work carried out on county roads, April 1889 - March 1890
(1 file)


Wages lists, 3 April 1889 - 28 March 1890
(1 bundle)


Wages lists, April - September 1891
(1 bundle)


Receipts and wages lists, September 1891 - March 1892
(1 file, paper)


Receipts and wages lists, March - September 1892
(1 file, paper)


Receipts and wages lists, September 1892 - March 1893
(1 file, paper)


Receipts and wages lists, March - September 1893
(1 file, paper)


Receipts and wages lists, September 1893 - March 1894
(1 file, paper)


Receipts and wages lists, March - September 1894
(1 file, paper)


Receipts and wages lists, September 1894 - March 1895
(1 file, paper)


Receipts and wages lists, March - September 1895
(1 file, paper)


Receipts and wages lists, September 1895 - March 1896
(1 file, paper)


Receipts and wages lists, March - September 1896
(1 file, paper)


Receipts and wages lists, August 1896 - March 1897
(1 file, paper)


Receipts and wages lists, March - September 1897
(1 file, paper)


Housing account ledger, 1 April 1925 - 31 March 1930
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Treasurer's cash book, housing account, 1 April 1925 - 31 March 1930
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Mortgages (Ref: Du 3/5/)Mortgages of tolls and special district rates (Ref: Du 3/5/1-140)

Mortgages of tolls and special district rates in return for loans to assist public health expenditure
(Details given are the name of the mortgagee and the amount loaned)


£500, Charles Cooper of Durham, 1790
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£200, £350, Hendry Hopper of Durham, 1790,1791
(parchment, 2 membranes)


£500, £100, Margaret Jopling of Durham, 1790
(parchment, 2 membranes)


£300, Ann Mountain of Beamish, 1790, with assignments to William Taylor, 1793 and Rev. James Britton, 1813 (including copy of the will of William Taylor)
(parchment, 2 membranes, 2 papers)


£100, Rev. James Britton of Durham, 1791
(parchment, 2 membranes)


£300, Rev. James Britton, 1791, with assignment to Rebecca Aisley, 1793
(parchment, 2 membranes, 1 paper)


£200, Catherine Brown of Bishopwearmouth, 1791, with assignment to John Wetherell, 1795
(parchment, 2 membranes)


£200, Arthur Featonby of Durham, 1791
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£100, £50, John James of Durham, 1791
(parchment, 2 membranes)


£250, Elizabeth Mainsforth, 1791
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£650, Lawrence Turner of Newcastle and John Greene of Gateshead, 1791
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£100, Hannah Wilkinson of Durham, 1791, with assignment to Ann Matthews, 1805
(parchment, 1 membrane, 1 paper)


£200, £100, Rebecca Aisley of Durham, 1792 - 1793, with assignment to Rev. James Britton, 1816
(parchment, 3 membranes)


£100, Rev. James Britton of Durham, 1792, with assignment to Joyce Grey, 1796
(parchment, 1 membrane, 1 paper)


£200, Elizabeth and Margaret Brockett of Durham, 1792, with assignment to John James, 1808
(parchment, 1 membrane, 1 paper)


£100, Ann Orde of Northumberland, 1792, with assignment to Jane Mills, 1808
(parchment, 1 membrane, 2 papers)


£300, Rev. Edward Parker of Durham, 1792, with assignment to James Allan, 1792
(parchment, 2 membranes)


£100, Sarah Thompson of Willington, 1792
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£50, Thomas Chipchase of Durham, 1793
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£400 and £400, Ralph Harrison of Durham, 1793, with assignments to Henry Mills and Hendry Hopper, 1794, Rev. Henry Forster Mills, 1804, and Rev. James Britton, 1812
(parchment, 5 membranes, 2 papers)


£800, £600, Ingleby Miller of Shincliffe, 1793
(parchment, 2 membranes)


Assignment of unspecified amount from Rev. James Britton to John Wardell of Durham, 1793
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£250, Joyce Grey of Durham, 1795
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£200, John Wetherell and Ambrose Hodgson of Darlington, 1795, with assignments to JaneBackhouse, 1796, George Allan, 1796, and William Goodburn, 1818
(2 files, 1 paper)


£200, John Wetherell and Ambrose Hodgson, 1796, with assignments to Thomas Wetherell, 1796, and Benjamin Parker, 1824
(parchment, 5 membranes)


Assignment of £400 mortgage from Mary and Dorothy Allan to George Allan of Darlington, 1804
(1 paper)


Assignment of £400 mortgage from George Allan to William Hodgson of Lincoln's Inn, 1805
(1 paper)


Assignment of £200 mortgage from James Mountain of Newcastle to Thomas Dunn, 1808, with papers re the latter's bankruptcy, 1815 - 1817
(2 files, 3 papers)


Assignment of £100 mortgage from Robert Spencer of Newcastle to Sarah Wharton of Aberford, Yorkshire, 1824
(1 paper)


Abstracts of titles of mortgagees, 1825
(1 file)


£500, Rev. Thomas Ebdon of Durham, 1826
(parchment, 1 membrane)


Assignments of mortgages, including Du 3/5/1-5, 15-17, 21, 27-35, 37, 45-46, 48-56, 66, to Thomas Masterman Winterbottom of Durham, 1826
(parchment, 23 membranes)


Report of the committee appointed to devise means of raising loans to repay the mortgages assigned to Dr. Winterbottom, c.1850
(1 file)


Dr. Winterbottom's deed of release after repayment, 1853
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£1,000, £500, £1,000, £300, Ignatius Bonomi of Durham, 1853
(parchment, 4 membranes)


£200, Joseph Bonomi of Chelsea, 1853
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£200, Elizabeth Bowlby of Durham, 1853
(parchment, 2 membranes)


£500, £200, £500, William Nichol Burns of Cheltenham and Henry Alexander Hamilton of Ireland, 1853
(parchment, 3 membranes)


£1,000, Rev. George Townshend Fox of Durham, 1853
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£400, £1,000, £300, William Green of Durham and John Hunter Carter of Hexham, 1853
(parchment, 3 membranes)


£1,000, £500, £1,000, £500, £200, Thomas Laverick Watkin of Durham, 1853, with assignment of £200 mortgage to William Marshall, 1861
(parchment, 5 membranes, 1 paper)


£500, £500, Robert Waugh of Durham, 1853
(parchment, 2 membranes)


£1,000, £1,500, £1,000, Rev. George Townshend Fox of Durham, 1854
(parchment, 3 membranes)


£200, £600, £200, £200, Robert Walter Swinburne of South Shields and John Shields of Durham, 1860
(parchment, 4 membranes)


£1,000, £1,000, Thomas Laverick Watkin and William Marshall of Durham and Robert Pattinson Clark of Bunkers Hill, 1860
(parchment, 2 membranes)


£600, John Ralph and Sarah Dickons of Durham, 1864
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£400, Thomas Dobson of Durham, 1864
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£600, Thomas Greenwell of Durham, 1864
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£400, Samuel Rowlandson of Durham, 1864
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£600, £600, Margaret Smith of Durham, 1864
(parchment, 2 membranes)


£300, Isabella Allan of Findon Hill, 1865
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£200, William Bulmer of Durham, 1865
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£150, John Bulmer of Durham, 1865
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£500, Thomas Heaviside of Durham, 1865
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£350, William Gill Wright of Durham, 1865
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£500, Sarah Dickons of Durham, 1866
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£100, John Ralph Dickons of Durham, 1866
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£300, Isabella Allan of Findon Hill, 1867
(parchment, 1 membrane)


£700, £300, John Bramwell of Durham, 1868, 1872
(parchment, 2 membranes)


Assignment of £500 mortgage from Wm. Marshall to John Bramwell, Durham, 1874
(1 paper)


Register of mortgages and transfers of mortgages on tolls, 6 July 1853 - 6 November 1872; on general district rate, 6 July 1864 - 6 March 1929; and on special district rate, 6 July 1853 - 5 July 1865
(1 volume, vellum bound)

District rates mortgages (Ref: Du 3/5/141-156)

1 November 1899 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate (2) The Secretary of the Public Works Loan Commissioners Mortgage of district rates to (2) to secure £6,000 and interest, and further advances not exceeding £21,168 therewith, to defray the costs incurred by (1) as urban sanitary authority for sewerage and sewage disposal works
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Declaration of the town clerk, copy resolution of the Urban District Council of the City of Durham, and copy entry in the register of mortgages, relating to mortgage to secure £6,000, 1-3 November 1899
(1 file, 2 papers)


Receipts for the second, third, fourth and fifth instalments of a loan of £21,168, secured by deed dated 1 November 1899, paid by the Mayor and Corporation of Durham to the Public Works Loan Commissioners, 7 August 1901 - 2 January 1907
(12 papers)


8 January 1908 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate (2) The Secretary of the Public Works Loan Commissioners Mortgage of the district rate to (2) to secure £6,240 and further advances not exceeding therewith £19,240 and interest, to defray the costs incurred by (1) as the urban sanitary authority for sewerage and sewage disposal works
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


Declaration of the town clerk, copy resolution of the Urban District Council of the City of Durham, and copy entry in the register of mortgages, relating to mortgage to secure £19,240, 18 January 1908
(3 papers)


Receipts for the second, third and fourth instalments of a loan of £19,240, secured by deed dated 8 January 1908, paid by the Mayor and Corporation of Durham to the Public Works Loan Commissioners, 2 December 1908 - 7 December 1910
(9 papers)


13 September 1926 (1) The Durham Rural District Council (2) The trustees of the National Association of Plasterers, Granolithic and Cement Workers Mortgage of rates to (2) to secure £800 and interest for sewerage works at Framwellgate Moor Includes: letter to the Town Clerk of the City of Durham from (2), n.d.
(4 papers)


Statutory declaration of Frank Kirby, Clerk to Durham Rural District Council, as to a mortgage for £800 for sewerage works in the parish of Framwellgate Moor (North End Estate), and copy register of mortgages entry, 13-14 September 1926
(2 papers)


3 September 1930 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate (2) The Secretary of the Public Works Loan Commissioners Mortgage of the general rate fund to (2) to secure £740 and interest to defray the cost of street improvement works
(1 file)


Declaration of the town clerk, copy resolution of the Urban District Council, and copy entry in the register of mortgages, relating to mortgage to secure £740, 3-5 September 1930
(3 papers)


2 December 1931 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwellgate (2) The Secretary of the Public Works Loan Commissioners Mortgage of the general rate fund to (2) to secure £1,989, and interest, for the provision of furniture and fittings for a public elementary school
(1 paper)


Declaration of the town clerk, copy resolution of the Council, and copy entry in the register of mortgages, relating to mortgage to secure £1,989, 2-4 December 1931
(3 papers)


30 October 1933 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham and Framwelgate (2) The Trustees of the Kirkcaldy and District Savings Bank Mortgage of a proportion of the revenues of (1) to secure £2,000 and interest
(1 file)


Certified copy resolutions of the Council of the City of Durham, that a loan of £2,000 be obtained for a term of 5 years on account of the costs of the Durham Corporation Act, and that the common corporate seal be affixed to a mortgage to the trustees of the Kirkcaldy and District Savings Bank to secure the said sum and interest, 4 and 30 October 1933
(1 paper)


3 January 1934 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham (2) The Trustees of the Kirkcaldy and District Savings Bank Mortgage of corporation revenues to secure £300 and interest Endorsed: redemption of mortgage, 11 November 1938
(1 paper)


Certified copy resolution of the Council of the City of Durham that a further loan of £300 be obtained for a term of 5 years, as balance of the costs of the Durham Corporation Act, 3 January 1934
(1 paper)

Bonds for performance of offices under the Local Board of Health (Ref: Du 3/6/1-49)

Bonds of George Goundry of Durham for performance of his duties as rate collector, 1836, 1847, 1850
(3 papers)


Bond of William Atkinson of Durham for performance of his duties as rate collector, 1851
(1 paper)


Bond of William Shadforth of Durham for performance of his duties as rate collector, 1853
(1 paper)


Bonds of William Barnes of Durham for performance of his duties as rate collector, 1853, 1854
(2 papers)


Bonds of John Gregson of Durham for performance of his duties as rate collector, 1855, 1856, 1860
(3 papers)


Bonds of Richard Hammond of Durham for performance of his duties as treasurer, 1850, 1854, 1860
(3 papers)


Appointment of John Wheeldon Barnes as treasurer, with bond for performance of his duties, 1862
(2 papers)


Leases for a year of paving tolls and tollgates within the Borough and appointments of gate keepers, May 1850 - May 1857 (8 parchments) [For earlier leases of tolls and tollgates see Du 2/9]


Appointments of collectors of paving tolls, 1858 - 1863
(15 papers)


Bonds of Isaac Westgarth of Durham for performance of his duties as superintendent of the baths and wash houses, 1878
(1 paper)


Bond of David Simmons of Durham for performance of his duties as superintendent of the baths and wash houses, 1883
(1 paper)


Bonds of John Staton of Durham for performance of his duties as accountant, 1879, 1885
(4 papers)


Insurance policies on employees, 1887, 1888, 1892
(4 papers)


Copy memorandum of the duties of the collector of rates for Durham City, 1887
(1 paper)

Rates (Ref: Du 3/7/1-20)

For rate books after 1935 see Du 1/47 General District Rates


Rate book, 5 April 1850
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 16 July 1850
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 15 October 1850
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 4 April 1860
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 1 August 1860
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 6 April 1870
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 3 January 1877
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 2 May 1877
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 5 September 1877
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 2 January 1878
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 7 January 1880
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 5 May 1880
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 1 September 1880
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 2 December 1885
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 7 April 1886
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 1 September 1886
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 5 January 1887
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Monthly statements re general district rate, 7 January 1884 - 5 December 1887
(1 file, 40 papers)


Estimates for general and special district rates, 1 October 1849 - 30 November 1871
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Draft estimate for a general district rate to be made by the borough of Durham Local Board of Health for 1 January - 31 March 1852
(1 paper)

Special District Rate (Ref: Du 3/7/21-25)

Rate book, n.d. [c.1850]
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 4 January 1860
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 12 January 1870
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, 8 January 1870
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


General District Rate book, 7 May 191.9
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Poor Rate and General District Rate, District No. 1 (Ref: Du 3/7/26-43)

Rate book, 5 May 1920
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 2 November 1921
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 3 May 1922
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 30 October 1922
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 3 May 1923
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 7 November 1923
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 7 May 1924
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 5 November 1924
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, May and November 1925
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, May and November 1926
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, May and November 1927
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, May and November 1928
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1930
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1931
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1932
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1933
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1934
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1935
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Poor and General District Rate, District No. 2 (Ref: Du 3/7/44-61)

Rate book, 2 November 1921
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 3 May 1922
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 30 October 1922
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 2 May 1923
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 7 November 1923
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 7 May 1924
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, 5 November 1924
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, May and November 1925
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, May and November 1926
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, May and November 1927
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, May and November 1928
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Rate book, April and October 1930
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1931
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1932
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1933
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1934
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Rate book, April and October 1935
(1 volume, cloth bound)


General rate book, District No.3, April and October 1935
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Summary of General Rate, Districts No. 1 and 2 (Ref: Du 3/7/62-67)

Rate book, April and October 1930
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1931
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1932
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1933
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1934
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Rate book, April and October 1935
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Valuation Lists (Ref: Du 3/8/1-17)

Parish of Crossgate, 1915 - 1919
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


The Castle, site of old gaol and precincts, 13 January 1916 - 7 October 1919
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


The College, Durham, 23 November 1915 - 9 September 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Parish of Elvet, 1919 - 1920
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Parish of Framwellgate, 1916 - 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Parish of St. Giles, 1916 - 1920
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Parish of St. Mary Magdalene, 1915 - 13 January 1916
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Parish of St. Mary the Less, 13 January 1916 - 12 January 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Parish of St. Nicholas, 1919 - 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Parish of North Bailey, 1915 - 1920
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)


Parish of Durham, No. 1, April 1920
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Parish of Durham, No. 1, 7 October 1924 - 31 March 1927
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


City of Durham, No. 1, 1929 - 1933
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Parish of Durham, No. 2, 21 December 1920 - 2 October 1923
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Parish of Durham, No. 2, 15 October 1924 - 20 May 1927
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


City of Durham, No. 2, 1929 - 1934
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Draft valuation list, City of Durham, 4 - 22 February 1928
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Leases (Ref: Du 3/9/1-38)

Conditions for letting Gilesgate, North Road, South Road, Hallgarth Street, Crossgate and Red Hills paving tolls by the Durham Local Board of Health


Conditions for letting the tolls, 31 March 1851
(8 papers)


Conditions and agreement for letting the tolls, 9 March 1852
(2 files, papers)


Conditions and agreement for letting the tolls, 3 March 1853, and notice of a meeting to let the tolls, 23 February 1853
(2 files, 1 paper)


Conditions and agreement for letting the tolls, 9 March 1854, biddings for tolls and notices of meeting to let the tolls, 3 March 1854
(2 files, 3 papers)


Conditions and agreement for letting the tolls, 14 March 1855, and biddings for tolls
(2 files, 1 paper)


Conditions and agreement for letting the tolls, 6 March 1856
(2 files)


Conditions and agreements for letting the tolls and biddings for tolls, 4 May 1857
(4 files, 2 papers)


Conditions and agreements for letting the tolls, biddings for tolls, 1858
(3 files, 7 papers)

Paving of Atherton Street (Ref: Du 3/10/1-15)

Requests from inhabitants that Atherton Street be paved, 21 August 1872
(4 papers)


City surveyor's estimate for paving Atherton Street, 1 November 1871
(1 paper)


Total cost of paving and apportionments for individual owners of premises on Atherton Street, 2 July 1873
(1 paper)


Tenders for laying sewerage pipes and flag stones, 1870 - 1872
(3 papers)


Specifications for paving, 1872
(2 files)


Articles of agreement with William Ground of Durham, contractor, for the paving, and bond to ensure performance of the work, with drafts, 20 August 1872
(4 files)

Disputes (Ref: Du 3/11/1-23)

Correspondence, case and opinions concerning encroachment by Anthony Wilkinson and T. Greenwell by enclosing the pavement outside his property on Old Elvet, 4 March - 29 December 1857
(4 files, 5 papers)


Plan of Old Elvet showing encroachments on pavement, n.d. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 67cm x 18.5cm, waxed linen, ink, coloured)


Plan of Old Elvet and Silver Street showing enclosures on footpaths, n.d. Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch [1:240]
(1 plan, 66cm x 36cm, tracing paper, ink, coloured)


Papers including correspondence, case for opinion, writ of summons, estimate of damages and release of right in case of Local Board of Health v Thomas Thwaites concerning damage to property in North Road and Atherton Street caused by negligence in the laying of a sewer, 7 March - 22 July 1871
(1 file, 8 papers)


Letters from Joseph Hope and estimate concerning claim for damage done to 3 Atherton Street, caused by main sewer, 29 April 1871 - 10 March 1872
(3 papers)

Baths and Washhouses (Ref: Du 3/12/1-26)

Baths and washhouses accounts, 19 May 1854 - 22 September 1868
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Draft memorials to the Lord Commissioners of the Treasury requesting sanction for borrowing money for the erection of the baths and for additional work, 1853, 1856 and n.d.
(3 files)


City surveyor's estimates for supplying water to the baths, 7 January 1871
(1 paper)


Report of the Baths and Washhouses Management Committee to Durham City Urban Sanitary Authority recommending that the baths be sold as they are too expensive to run, 29 December 1874
(1 paper)


Extract from minutes of Urban Sanitary Authority concerning borrowing money for work on baths, 19 November 1877
(1 paper)


Questionnaire from the public Works Loan Office re a loan for work on the baths, 1878 and 1880
(1 file, 1 paper)


Draft information form for the Local Government Board to accompany an application for sanction to borrow money, n.d. [ c.1878]
(1 paper)


Reports on the Durham water supply, 1878
(2 files)


City surveyor's report on the cost of repairs to the baths, 24 April 1879
(1 paper)


Ground plan, sections and details of repairs and alterations to Durham Public Baths and Washhouse, April 1879 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 95cm x 63cm, tracing paper on linen, coloured)


Plan of repairs and alterations showing engineers work at Durham Public Baths and Washhouse, April 1879 Scales: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]; 2 feet to 1 inch [1:24]
(1 plan, 95cm x 63cm, tracing paper on linen, coloured)


Tender of Francis Caldcleugh, with bill of quantities, specifications and general conditions of contract, 1879
(2 files)


Articles of agreement for the contract with Francis Caldcleugh, 7 May 1879
(1 paper)


Bond for performance of the work, 17 May 1879
(1 paper)


Fire Insurance policy of Francis Caldcleugh, 31 May 1879
(1 paper)


Tender of James Laidler for engineering work of the City Baths and Washhouse, 5 May 1879
(1 paper)


Articles of agreement with James Laidler of Durham for the engineering work, with specifications, conditions of contract and bill of quantities, May 1879
(2 files)


Bond for performance of the work, 19 May 1879
(1 paper)


Letters to the Town Clerk, Durham, from H. M. Treasury and the Local Government Board, Whitehall; the Public Works Loan Board, London; Durham Rural Sanitary Authority; Sunderland Town Council; the Prudential Assurance Company Ltd., London; Barclay's Bank, Durham; the Ecclesiastical Commission; William Gray, Melkridge House, Durham; the Law Fire Insurance Society, London; and the City Accountant, Durham, concerning the refusal of the Local Government Board to sanction the proposed sale of Durham Baths and Wash houses; and applications for further loans to pay off existing debts under the Baths and Washhouses Acts, 6 March 1876 - 30 March 1909
(82 papers)


Copy report on a Local Government Board inquiry held into the proposed sale of Durham Baths and Washhouses by the Council of the City of Durham, 5 September 1876
(1 file)

Medical Officer 's reports (Ref: Du 3/13/1-47)

Medical Officer 's reports to the Local Board of Health for the City of Durham


Annual report and draft for year ending 31 March 1852
(2 files, 1 printed)


Draft annual report for year ending 31 March 1853
(1 file)


Draft annual report for year ending 31 March 1854
(1 file)


Draft annual report for year ending 31 March 1855
(1 file)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1856
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1857
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1858
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1859
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1860
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1861
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1863
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1864
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1865
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1866
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1867
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1868
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for year ending 31 March 1869
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for 1884
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for 1886
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for 1887
(1 booklet, printed)


Annual report for 1888
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports and drafts, 1 April 1852 - 31 March 1853
(1 booklet, printed, 4 papers)


Quarterly reports, 1 April 1853 - 31 March 1854
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1 April 1858 - 31 March 1859
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1 April 1859 - 31 March 1860
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly report, 1 April 1861 - 31 March 1862
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1 April 1863 - 31 March 1864
(1 booklet , printed)


Quarterly reports, 1 April 1864 - 31 March 1865
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1 April 1867 - 31 March 1868
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1 April 1868 - 31 March 1869
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 30 September 1869 - 31 December 1876
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1877
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1878
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1879
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1880
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1881
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1882
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1883
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1884
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1885
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1886
(1 booklet, printed)


Quarterly reports, 1888 (1 booklet, printed) [For Medical Officer's reports 1919 - 1927 see Health Committee Du 1/11]

Lodging Houses (Ref: Du 3/14/1-2)

Rules and regulations for lodging houses in the borough, 1854
(1 paper)


Register of lodging houses, 23 August 1855 - 1 December 1875
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Miscellaneous (Ref: Du 3/15/1-10)

Durham Advertiser, 19 July 1850
(1 newspaper)


Bye laws of the Local Board of Health of the Borough of Durham for the regulation of slaughterhouses, 26 April 1851
(1 paper, printed)


Public Health notice of precautions and instructions relating to Cholera, 17 September 1853
(1 paper, printed)


31 March 1862 (1) Local Board of Health (2) Orlando John Stimpson of Durham Lease of two rooms in Saddler Street
(1 paper)


Articles of agreement with the Durham and Tyne Bridge turnpike trustees re repair of road within the city boundaries, 18 March 1863
(1 paper)


31 December 1870 (1) John Brewster Chapman of Durham (2) Local Board of Health Lease of a room on the west side of the Market Place
(1 paper)


Form of proposal of guarantee on behalf of Mr. Frederick Lee, rate collector for Durham City, 10 January 1887
(1 paper)


Report to the Urban Sanitary Authority on the City of Durham Sewerage Disposal with estimate of works, 23 March 1895
(2 files)


Bye-Laws made and ordained by the Local Board of Health for the district of the City of Durham, under the powers and provisions of 'The Local Government Act, 1858', incorporated with 'The Public Health Act, 1848', Durham, 1859
(1 booklet, printed)

Durham tramways (Ref: Du 3/15/11-14)

7 April 1911 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) John Burgoyne Johnson of Lanchester, esq. Agreement for (2) to lay a narrow gauge tramway from New Elvet down the lane opposite the Three Tuns Hotel to his mineral water manufactory
(3 papers)


5 March 1919 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) The City of Durham Sand and Loam Company Agreement for (2) to lay a tramway across Framwellgate Peth Consideration: 2s. 6d. p.a.
(1 paper)


13 January 1917 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Edward Short, Laburnum Avenue, City of Durham, retired innkeeper Agreement concerning fences erected by (2) enclosing a portion of Laburnum Avenue and a side street Includes: plan of property Scale: 40 feet to 1 inch [1:480]
(1 paper)


5 September 1933 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) William Cooper, Joseph Cooper and John Jackson, all of Dragon Villa, agents for the Dragon Villa Football Club Agreement for the lease until 13 May 1934 to (2) of a piece of grass land at Dragon Villa, for use as a football ground Rent: £6
(1 paper and 1 plan, waxed paper)

Registers of licences (Ref: Du 3/16/1-14)

Register of licences to keep petroleum, 1 June 1904 - 4 April 1944
(1 volume)


Register of licences to keep petroleum, nos. l-50, 3 January 1940 - 9 March 1943
(1 volume)


Register of licences to keep petroleum, nos. 51-98, 9 March 1943 - 5 December 1945
(1 volume)


Register of licences to keep petroleum, nos. 99-146, 5 December 1945 - 2 April 1947
(1 volume)


Register of licences to keep petroleum, nos. 147-195, 7 May 1947 - 1 December 1948
(1 volume)


Register of licences to keep petroleum, nos. 196-245, 1 December 1945 - 7 December 1949
(1 volume)


Register of licences to keep petroleum, nos. 246-297, 2 February 1950 - 4 April 1951
(1 volume)


Register of licences to keep petroleum, nos. 298-346, 4 April 1951 - 2 April 1952
(1 volume)


Register of licences to keep petroleum, nos. 347-352, 2 April 1952
(1 volume)


Register of licences to keep petroleum, nos. 353-398, 1 May 1953 - 12 April 1955
(1 volume)


Number not allocated


Register of licences to keep petroleum, nos. 399-446, 12 April 1954 - 30 April 1955
(1 volume)


Register of licences to keep petroleum, nos. 415-455, 5 October 1938 - 3 April 1940
(1 volume)


Register of licences under the Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908, nos. 1-8, 4 May 1910 - 5 June 1938
(1 volume)

Sewerage (Ref: Du 3/17/1-20)

27 March 1854 (1) John Henderson of the City of Durham, esq., and William Henderson, esq., of the same place (2) The Borough of Durham Local Board of Health Grant of right for (2) to lay sewers through two fields called Mill Fields in the parish of St. Nicholas, Durham, for carrying sewerage from the houses on the north side of Claypath to the River Wear Endorsed: plan of Henderson's Field Scale: 4 chains to 1.5 inches [1:2112]
(Parchment, 1 membrane)


4 April 1894 (1) Alfred Mountain Fowler, 1 St. Peter's Square, Manchester, Lancashire, member of the Institute of Civil Engineers (2) The Durham Urban Sanitary Authority Agreement for the preparation by (1) of a scheme for sewage works
(1 paper)


1 July 1895 (1) The Durham Urban District Council (2) Messrs. Charles James Lomax and Walter John Lomax, Grosvenor Chambers, Deansgate, City of Manchester, civil engineers and surveyors Agreement for (2) to supervise a scheme of works for sewage disposal at an estimated cost of £20,050 10s. 11d
(1 paper)


7 February 1900 (1) Durham Urban District Council (2) Harry William Taylor of St. Nicholas Chambers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, civil engineer Agreement for the completion by (2) of a sewage disposal works scheme
(1 paper)


16 June 1904 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Harry William Taylor, St. Nicholas Chambers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, engineer Agreement varying the terms of an agreement, dated 7 February 1900, concerning a sewage disposal scheme
(1 paper)


12 June 1909 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) The City of Durham Gas Company Agreement for the supply of gas to sewage disposal works at Barkers Haugh, City of Durham
(1 paper)


12 June 1909 (1) The Framwellgate Coal and Coke Company Limited (2) The City of Durham Urban District Council Agreement for the use by (2) of a siding at Durham Main Colliery for receiving materials required in the erection of the Durham City Sewage Outfall Works Annexed: plan Scale: 1:10,560
(1 file)


12 June 1909 (1) James Fowler of Crook Hall, City of Durham, farmer (2) The City of Durham Urban District Council Agreement for use of a cart road across land belonging to (1) for the transport of materials for the construction of Barkers Haugh sewage works
(1 paper)


12 June 1909 (1) John Fowler of Framwellgate, City of Durham, farmer (2) The City of Durham Urban District Council Agreement for use of a cart road, as in Du 3/17/8
(1 paper)


1909 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) George Pescod of Willington, general contractor Agreement for the carriage by (2) of filtration media from the Framwellgate Moor Coal and Coke Company railway sidings to Barkers Haugh sewage works
(1 paper)


28 July 1902 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) James Clark Wearmouth of Frankland Park, farmer Agreement for lease from year to year to (2) of the part of Barkers Haugh Field in Framwellgate township not required by (1) for sewage disposal works Rent: £16 10s. p.a.
(1 paper)


2 January 1918 (1) The Durham Urban District Council (2) Garnett Ronson, South Street, City of Durham, gardener Agreement for tenancy by (2) of 3 irrigation beds, nos. 10, 11 & 12, and grass land at the sewage disposal works, City of Durham Rent: £5 p.a.
(1 paper)


2 October 1907 (1) John Edwin Rogerson, by Samuel Messiter Rowlandson of the College, Durham, his agent (2) The Corporation of Durham Agreement granting (2) right of way over land on the east side of South Road and on the north of Mount Oswald Cottage, in the parish of St. Oswald, for the purpose of carrying night soil for agricultural purposes to Mr. Lowe's field Rent: £1 p.a.
(1 paper)


22 September 1910 (1) The Durham Urban District Council (2) John Lambert of the City of Durham, chemist Agreement as to a right of road for (1) through doors erected by (2) at Elvet Waterside, giving access to a sewage disposal tank erected by (1) at the edge of the River Wear
(5 papers)


4 October 1911 (1) Edward Vazeille Stocks of Quarry Heads, near the City of Durham, librarian (2) The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham Agreement for drainage of a house at Quarry Head Lane, owned by (1) Includes: plan Scale: 52 feet to 1 inch [1:624]
(1 file)


16 April 1914 (1) The Durham Urban District Council (2) The Durham Rural District Council Agreement for the connection of sewers serving a portion of the parishes of Nevilles Cross and Framwellgate Moor, to an extension of the main sewer, belonging to the Durham Urban District Council, at a point on the boundary of Nevilles Cross parish Includes: plan Scale: 1:1250
(1 paper and 1 plan, 73 cm. x 24 cm., waxed linen)


5 February 1919 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) John Thomas Edward Dickeson, Western Hill, butcher Agreement for lease from year to year to (2) of a plot of garden ground near Field House Lane, part of Western Hill Sewage Works Rent: 10s. 0d. p.a. Includes: plan of property
(1 paper)


5 February 1919 (1) The City of Durham Urban District Council (2) Frederick Stoddart of Western Hill, City of Durham, assistant overseer Agreement for the lease from year to year to (2) of a plot of garden ground near Field House Lane, part of the Western Hill Sewage Works Rent: 15s. 0d. p..a Includes: plan of property
(1 paper)


10 March 1920 (1) Sir Richard Musgrave, bart., 17 Charles Street, London (2) The City of Durham Urban District Council Agreement for the use by (2) of land at Kepier for the purpose of a refuse tip Rent: £25 p.a. Includes: plan
(1 paper)


6 June 1934 (1) The Corporation of the City of Durham (2) The Durham Rural District Council Agreement for the construction by (1) of a sewer at Sherburn Road Housing Estate
(1 paper)

Burial Boards (Ref: Du 3/18/)St Oswald Burial Board (Ref: Du 3/18/)Minutes (Ref: Du 3/18/26)

Minute book of the Burial Board, parish of Durham, St Oswald, 1 October 1887 - 18 December 1939
(1 volume)

Cash books and ledgers (Ref: Du 3/18/27-28)

Cash book of Durham, St Oswald burial board, 17 November 1888 - 25 March 1933
(1 volume)


Ledger of Durham, St Oswald burial board, 25 March 1889 - 31 March 1956
(1 volume)

Cemeteries (Ref: Du 3/18/)St Nicholas Burial Board (Ref: Du 3/18/)

By order of the Local Government Board, the St. Nicholas Burial Board was abolished on 9 November 1905, and its powers transferred to the Corporation of Durham. From this date the former burial board was referred to as the Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas.

Minutes (Ref: Du 3/18/3-4)

Copy minutes, correspondence and accounts of Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas, 3 July 1906 - 30 September 1911
(1 file)


Draft minutes of a meeting of the Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas, 23 March 1931
(2 papers)

Correspondence (Ref: Du 3/18/5-17)

Correspondence and accounts of the St. Nicholas Burial Board, 30 December 1900 - 4 November 1905
(2 files)


Correspondence of the St. Nicholas Burial Board with the Secretary of State, Whitehall, London, concerning the responsibility for burial fees, 5 January 1901 - 14 December 1905
(4 papers)


Correspondence of St. Nicholas Burial Board with the Assistant Secretary of the Local Government Board concerning the formation of the burial board, its current position, and its abolition, 13-20 April 1905
(16 papers)


Correspondence of the St. Nicholas Burial Board with F. Marshall, Town Clerk of the City of Durham, concerning the re-appointment of John Patrick as Clerk to the Board, 5 October - 5 December 1905 Includes: schedule of deeds and documents handed over to the Town Clerk, 1905
(1 file)


Correspondence of the Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas, with the Imperial War Graves Commission, 63 Queen Street, Morley, near Leeds, Yorkshire, concerning the grave of Pte. J. D. Bell, of the Durham Light Infantry, 7 November - 5 December 1921
(15 papers)


Correspondence of the Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas with the Diocesan Registry, Palace Green, Durham, concerning the application of Mrs. Lloyd for the replacement of a headstone, 7-8 October 1924
(1 file)


Copy letter from the Clerk to the Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas, to the Town Clerk of Durham concerning responsibility for burial fees at St. Nicholas' Cemetery, 24 March 1925
(2 papers)


Copy letter from the Clerk of Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas, to the Secretary of the Local Government Board, Whitehall, London, questioning whether the burial committee or the incumbent of St. Nicholas is entitled to receive burial fees, n.d. [post 24 March 1925]
(3 papers)


Correspondence of the Clerk of the Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas, with the Secretary of the Imperial War Graves Commission,concerning the war grave of Private J. D. Bell of the Durham Light Infantry, 28 March - 4 May 1927
(3 papers)


Correspondence of Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas, with Rev. W. Bothamley, St. Nicholas' Vicarage, Durham, concerning the appointment of a caretaker for St. Nicholas' Cemetery, 16 July - 8 September 1928
(1 file)


Correspondence of the Clerk to the Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas, with Rev. W. Bothamley, St. Nicholas' Vicarage, Durham, concerning the appointment of a cemetery caretaker, and an increase in the clerk's salary, 4 October 1928 - 26 March 1929
(1 file)


Correspondence of the Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts committee) St. Nicholas, with various parties, concerning repairs to St. Nicholas' cemetery chapel, 18 July - 14 August 1930
(1 file)


Correspondence of the Durham Urban District Council (Burials Acts Committee) St. Nicholas, with the Ministry of Health concerning the proposed use of St. Nicholas' Cemetery land for road widening, 27 March - 21 May 1931
(1 file)

Accounts (Ref: Du 3/18/19)

Accounts submitted to the March and September meetings of the Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas, 1929-1930
(19 papers, 1 file)

Caretakers (Ref: Du 3/18/20-22)

Caretakers' wages book of the Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas, 16 December 1905 - 13 July 1918
(1 volume)


7 April 1904 (1) Ralph Charlton of the City of Durham, alderman, and chairman of the St. Nicholas' Burial Board, and George Chapman of the same place, member of the Board (2) John Dixon, the Sands, City of Durham, agricultural labourer Agreement for the appointment of (2) as caretaker of St. Nicholas' Cemetery
(1 paper)


20 October 1928 (1) John William Pattinson of the City of Durham, councillor of the City, and chairman of the Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts Committee) St. Nicholas (2) Harold Portway, The Cottage, 30 Gilesgate, City of Durham, gardener Memorandum of agreement for the appointment of (2) as caretaker of the St. Nicholas' Cemetery
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: Du 3/18/23-25)

Press cuttings from the Durham County Advertiser and Durham Chronicle concerning the proposed transfer of power from St. Nicholas' Burial Board to the Durham Urban District Council, 21 April and 5 May 1905
(2 papers)


Memorandum concerning the collection of fees by the St. Nicholas' Burial Board, n.d. [post 1900]
(1 paper)


Notes concerning the legal position of St. Nicholas' Burial Board, 1905 and 1910
(6 papers)

Register of interments (Ref: Du 3/18/29)

Register of interments, St Nicholas' Cemetery, 11 December 1945 - 29 September 1986
(1 volume)

Correspondence (Ref: Du 3/18/4A, 18)

Copy letter book of the St. Nicholas Burial Board, 26 July 1899 - 20 April 1905; 1 April 1920 - 11 July 1925
(1 volume)


Letter from Messrs. George Gradon and Son, North Road, Durham, monumental masons, to the Durham Urban District Council (Burial Acts committee) St. Nicholas, requesting permission to erect a headstone for Joseph Trow, and his two sons, 16-17 February 1921
(2 papers)

South Road Cemetery (Ref: Du 3/18/30-31)

Register of monuments, gravestones and tablets in the burial ground, South Road, Durham, 29 July 1948 - 29 September 1955
(1 volume)


Register of burials of stillborn children in South Road Cemetery, Durham, 10 May 1950 - 14 March 1962
(1 volume)

Provisional orders (Ref: Du 3/18/1-2)

City of Durham and Framwelgate : Provisional Order made in pursuance of Sections 54 and 59 of the Local Government Act 1888, 6 May 1905
(1 file, printed)


An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to Durham and Framwelgate, Hanley and Southport, 4 August 1905
(1 file, printed)