Stanhope Civil Parish
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Covering Dates: 1848-2001
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- Stanhope Civil Parish
- Stanhope Parish Council (Ref: CP/St 1-166)
- Minutes (Ref: CP/St section 01)
- Parish Council minutes (Ref: CP/St section 01)
- Eastgate Ward minutes (Ref: CP/St section 02)
- Frosterley Ward minutes (Ref: CP/St section 03)
- Frosterley Village Green Committee minutes (Ref: CP/St section 04)
- Lanehead Ward minutes (Ref: CP/St section 05)
- Rookhope Ward minutes (Ref: CP/St section 06)
- Stanhope Rural Ward minutes (Ref: CP/St section 07)
- St John's Chapel Ward minutes (Ref: CP/St section 08)
- Sports Committee minutes (Ref: CP/St section 09)
- Agendas (Ref: CP/St section 02)
- Elected Members (Ref: CP/St section 03)
- Attendance (Ref: CP/St )
- Declarations on acceptance of office (Ref: CP/St )
- Rules and guidance (Ref: CP/St )
- Burial Board, later Burial Committee (Ref: CP/St section 04)
- Registers of burials (Ref: CP/St section 01)
- Registers of graves (Ref: CP/St section 02)
- Registers of purchased graves (Ref: CP/St section 03)
- Burial Committee minutes (Ref: CP/St section 04)
- Burial fees (Ref: CP/St section 05)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: CP/St section 06)
- Correspondence (Ref: CP/St section 05)
- Financial records (Ref: CP/St section 06)
- Street lighting (Ref: CP/St section 07)
- Street lighting general (Ref: CP/St 93-102)
- Frosterley (Ref: CP/St 103-107)
- Rookhope (Ref: CP/St 108-110)
- Stanhope Urban (Ref: CP/St 111-112)
- Upper Weardale (Ref: CP/St 113-125)
- Allotments (Ref: CP/St section 08)
- Charities (Ref: CP/St section 09)
- Boundaries (Ref: CP/St section 10)
- Rights of way (Ref: CP/St section 11)
- Plans (Ref: CP/St section 12)
- Agreements and Local Bills (Ref: CP/St section 13)
- Miscellaneous (Ref: CP/St section 14)
Catalogue Contents
Stanhope Parish Council (Ref: CP/St 1-166)
Stanhope included the four townships ("quarters") of Stanhope parish
- a large part of Weardale Poor Law Union 1834-1930
- a civil parish in 1866
- lost Stanhope Bailiwick, the town quarter, which became an urban district in 1875 [see UD/St and RD/We]
- part of Weardale Rural Sanitary District 1875-1894
- an elected council from 1894, organised via local "ward"councils
- part of Weardale Rural District 1894-1974
- regained the town in 1937
- part of Wear Valley District 1974-2009
1-9
Ref: CP/St 1Parish Council minute book, 2 January 1895 - 14 March 1903
(1 volume, calf bound)
Ref: CP/St 2Parish Council minute book, 18 April 1903 - 22 November 1913
(1 volume, calf half-bound)
Ref: CP/St 3Parish Council minute book, 14 February 1914 - 9 August 1924
(1 volume, calf bound)
Ref: CP/St 4Parish Council minute book, 25 August 1924 - 12 December 1931
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CP/St 5Parish Council minute book, 19 December 1931 - 12 August 1939
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: CP/St 6Parish Council minute book, 14 October 1939 - 15 February 1947
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CP/St 7Parish Council minute book, 23 April 1947 - 12 November 1952
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CP/St 8Parish Council minute book, 7 January 1953 - 8 March 1961
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: CP/St 9Parish Council minutes (printed), 1949 - 1958
(1 bundle)
Eastgate Ward minutes (Ref: CP/St section 02)14
Ref: CP/St 14Eastgate Ward: Parish Council minute book, 1894 - 1937
(1 volume)
Frosterley Ward minutes (Ref: CP/St section 03)11
Ref: CP/St 11Frosterley Ward: Parish Council minute book, 1894 - 1937
(1 volume)
Frosterley Village Green Committee minutes (Ref: CP/St section 04)27
Ref: CP/St 27Frosterley Village Green Committee minute book, 1931 - 1941
(1 volume)
Lanehead Ward minutes (Ref: CP/St section 05)15
Ref: CP/St 15Lanehead Ward: Parish Council minute book, 1937
(1 volume)
Rookhope Ward minutes (Ref: CP/St section 06)13
Ref: CP/St 13Rookhope Ward: Parish Council minute book, 1894 - 1937
(1 volume)
Stanhope Rural Ward minutes (Ref: CP/St section 07)12
Ref: CP/St 12Stanhope Rural Ward: Parish Council minute book, 1894 - 1937
(1 volume)
St John's Chapel Ward minutes (Ref: CP/St section 08)10
Ref: CP/St 10St. John's Chapel Ward: Parish Council minute book, 1894 - 1937
(1 volume)
Sports Committee minutes (Ref: CP/St section 09)28
Ref: CP/St 28Sports Committee minutes, 1948 - 1962
(1 volume)
Agendas (Ref: CP/St section 02)16
Ref: CP/St 16Parish Council meeting agendas (printed), 1949 - 1968
(1 bundle)
Elected Members (Ref: CP/St section 03)Declarations on acceptance of office (Ref: CP/St )17-18
Ref: CP/St 17Declarations on acceptance of office by Parish Councillors, 1898 - 1902
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 18Declarations on acceptance of office by Parish Councillors, 1904 - 1949
(1 volume)
Attendance (Ref: CP/St )19
Ref: CP/St 19Parish Councillors' attendance register, 1895 - 1902
(1 volume)
Rules and guidance (Ref: CP/St )20-22
Ref: CP/St 20"The Parish Councillor's Guide to the Local Government Act, 1894"
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 21Rules as to the nomination and election of parish councillors, 1894
(1 booklet)
Ref: CP/St 22"Model Standing Orders for the Regulation ... of Parish Councils", under the 1894 Local Government Act, 1896
(1 booklet)
Burial Board, later Burial Committee (Ref: CP/St section 04)Records refer to the Stanhope "Old" Cemetery on High Street. A printed index and transcription of the burial registers is available in the Record Office Search Room. The new "Cross Hill" cemetery on Chapel Street opened in 1957.
Registers of burials (Ref: CP/St section 01)164/1-5
Ref: CP/St 164/1Stanhope Burial Board, register of burials, 12 September 1872 - 1 March 1899
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 164/2Stanhope Burial Committee, register of burials, 18 March 1899 - 15 April 1916
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 164/3Stanhope Burial Committee, register of burials, 23 April 1916 - 6 March 1954
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 164/4Stanhope Parish Council, register of burials, 8 March 1954 - 3 October 2001
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 164/5Sexton's duplicate register of burials, 1898-1989
(1 volume)
Registers of graves (Ref: CP/St section 02)165/1-2
Ref: CP/St 165/1Stanhope Burial Board, register of graves, consecrated graves in rows A-K and unconsecrated graves in rows A-J, 1872-1954
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 165/2Stanhope Joint Burial Committee, register of graves, consecrated graves in rows K-N, 1930-1957
(1 volume)
Registers of purchased graves (Ref: CP/St section 03)166/1
Ref: CP/St 166/1Stanhope Joint Burial Committee (later Stanhope Parish Council), register of purchased graves, 1912-1976
(1 volume)
Burial Committee minutes (Ref: CP/St section 04)25
Ref: CP/St 25Burial Committee minutes (printed), 1949, 1956
(1 bundle)
Burial fees (Ref: CP/St section 05)24, 163/1-3
Ref: CP/St 24Burial Board fee book, 1872 - 1913
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 163/1Joint Burial Committee fee book, 1913-1930
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 163/2Joint Burial Committee fee book, 1930-1956
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 163/3Burial Fees Account Book, 1957-1991
(1 volume)
Miscellaneous (Ref: CP/St section 06)26
Ref: CP/St 26Parish Councils Advisory Handbook on Burial Law and Practice, 1951
(1 booklet)
Correspondence (Ref: CP/St section 05)30-36
Ref: CP/St 30Correspondence, 1896-1909
(1-10) Heathery Burn Bridge, 1899 - 1900;
(11-21) Local Government circulars, 1897 - 1916;
(22-38) General Post Office, 1896 - 1909;
(39-44) Highways, 1899 - 1902;
(45-47) Circulars from the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1908 - 1909;
(48-56) Miscellaneous correspondence, 1900 - 1910
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 31Correspondence, 1939
(1-60) Land drainage scheme in Weardale, 1939;
(61-64) Street lighting in Westgate, 1939;
(65-67) Repair to Huntshield Ford footpath, St. John's Chapel, 1939;
(68) Gas masks for infants
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 32Letter re repair to the wall at Ireshopeburn Bridge, 3 March 1939
(1 paper)
Ref: CP/St 33Letter from the Frosterley Village Committee re bus stop arrangements, 28 April 1939
(1 paper)
Ref: CP/St 34Miscellaneous correspondence, 1939 - 1968
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 35Letter from the Parish Council to the Russian Ambassador, London, expressing the Council's gratitude to the Russian people for their struggle against "the barbaric scourge of Hitlerism". Reply attached, 1941
(2 papers)
Ref: CP/St 36Correspondence re Stanhope Commons; Journal of the Commons, Open Spaces and Footpaths Preservation Society, 1949 and 1956
(1 file, 1 booklet)
Financial records (Ref: CP/St section 06)45-58
Ref: CP/St 45Receipts and payments book, 1895 - 1911
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 46Receipts and payments book, 1911 - 1927
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 47Receipts and payments book, 1927 - 1939
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 48Receipts and payments book, 1938 - 1943
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 49Receipts and payments book, 1943 - 1947
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 50Receipts and payments book, 1947 - 1949
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 51Parish Council financial statements, 1923 - 1936, 1938 - 1949 (damaged by fire)
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 52Parish Council estimates, 1951, and financial statement, n.d.
(2 papers)
Ref: CP/St 53Register of annual payments, 1935 - 1937; register of mortgages, 1933 - 1937
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 54Parish Council bank statements, 1939 - 1947
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 55Bills, cheques and receipts, 1948 - 1949
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 56Bills, cheques and receipts, 1949 - 1950
Enclosed: correspondence re accounts, 1947 - 1948
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 57Postage book, 1935 - 1955
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 58Fidelity guarantee of the Parish Council Treasurer, Alfred Matthews, 24 January 1928
(1 paper)
Street lighting (Ref: CP/St section 07)93-125
Street lighting general (Ref: CP/St 93-102)For this purpose, Stanhope parish was divided into four lighting areas, Frosterley, Rookhope, Stanhope Urban and Upper Weardale
Ref: CP/St 93Copy of an Act to Repeal the Lighting and Watching Act (1833), 1895
(1 booklet)
Ref: CP/St 94Parish Councils Advisory Handbook on Public Lighting in Rural Parishes, 1948
(1 booklet)
Ref: CP/St 95A booklet on better street lighting entitled "A Matter of Light or Death" (2 copies), 1954
(2 booklets)
Ref: CP/St 96Letters, circulars and returning officer's accounts relating to the poll on the adoption of the Lighting and Watching Act (1833), 1930
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 97Correspondence and committee minutes (printed) covering the four lighting areas, 1931 - 1951
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 98Correspondence re routine maintenance of street lighting, 1944 - 1957
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 99Correspondence re amended electrical charges, 1947 - 1953
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 100Correspondence re street lighting accounts, 1949 - 1953
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 101Correspondence re the transfer of lighting powers to Weardale Rural District Council, 1949 - 1955
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 102Correspondence re public lighting improvements, 1951 - 1953
(1 file)
Frosterley (Ref: CP/St 103-107)Ref: CP/St 103Street Lighting Committee minute books, 1905 - 1936
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 104Street Lighting Committee minute books, 1937 - 1951
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 105-107Papers relating to Frosterley street lighting, 1923 - 1951
(3 files)
Rookhope (Ref: CP/St 108-110)Ref: CP/St 108Street Lighting Committee minute book, 1937 - 1950
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 109-110Papers relating to Rookhope street lighting, 1935 - 1939, 1947 - 1951
(1 file, 1 bundle)
Stanhope Urban (Ref: CP/St 111-112)Ref: CP/St 111Street Lighting Committee minute book, 1938 - 1951
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 112Papers relating to Stanhope Urban street lighting, 1947 - 1953
(1 file)
Upper Weardale (Ref: CP/St 113-125)Ref: CP/St 113Street Lighting Committee minute book, 1930 - 1950
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 114Street Lighting Committee minute book, 1939 - 1945
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 115-118Papers relating to Upper Weardale street lighting, 1932, 1937 - 1957
(4 files)
Ref: CP/St 119Papers relating to Westgate and Daddryshield street lighting, 1933 - 1952
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 120Plan showing public lighting at Ireshopeburn, 1937
(1 plan)
Ref: CP/St 121Papers relating to Eastgate street lighting, 1937 - 1950
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 122Papers re Crawleyside street lighting, 1937 - 1955
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 123Papers re Leamside and West Blackdene street lighting, 1941 - 1951
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 124Papers re Cowshill street lighting, 1949 - 1950
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 125Papers re the illumination of the church clock at St. John's Chapel, 1949 - 1958
(1 file)
Allotments (Ref: CP/St section 08)126-136
Ref: CP/St 126Allotment Rent book, 1920 - 1925
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 127Allotment Rent book, 1924 - 1951
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 128Allotment Rent book, 1925 - 1929
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 129Allotment Rent book, 1929 - 1933
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 130Allotment Rent book, 1933 - 1949
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 131Allotments accounts, 1920 - 1935
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 132Stanhope Allotments Association, receipts and payments book, 1919 - 1949
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 133Westgate Allotment Association Ltd., rent book, 1920 - 1934
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 134Parish Council "Rules with respect to Allotments", 1922
(1 booklet)
Ref: CP/St 135Papers relating to allotments, 1950
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 136Circular letters from the Commissioner for the Special Areas, re allotment gardens, 1935 - 1936
(1 bundle)
Charities (Ref: CP/St section 09)59-92
Papers relating to the following charities are included: Charles Attwood Charity; Richard Bainbridge Charity; Barrick's Charity, Westgate; Barrington School; Froghall (Barrick), St. John's Chapel; Frosterley Endowed School; Hartwell Lectureship Charity; Mrs. Kirsop's Legacy for Weardale Widows; The Morgan Charity; John Robinson Charity; Town Hall Charity, St. John's Chapel
Charity accounts and related correspondence, 1897 - 1912, 1918 - 1961
(24 files)
Ref: CP/St 83Correspondence re the Morgan Charity, Frosterley, 1931
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 84Correspondence re the John Robinson Charity, 1930 - 1936
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 85Accounts and related correspondence of the Charles Attwood Charity, 1931 - 1937, 1941
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 86Correspondence re the Richard Bainbridge Foundation, 1938
(4 papers)
Ref: CP/St 87Correspondence, 1931 - 1933:
(1-2) Richard Bainbridge Foundation; (3-6) Town Hall, St. John's Chapel; (7-16) Primitive Methodist Chapel, Westgate
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 88Correspondence and Charity Commission circulars, 1894 - 1948
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 89Charity Commission Schemes and correspondence, 1898 - 1932
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 90Report to the Charity Commissioners on Stanhope charities, 1900
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 91Charity Commission circulars, 1935 - 1936
(4 papers)
Ref: CP/St 92Blank forms for the appointment of charity trustees, n.d.
(2 papers)
Boundaries (Ref: CP/St section 10)29, 40-41
Ref: CP/St 29Description of the Eastern boundary of the chapelry of All Saints, Eastgate (from the London Gazette), 1885
(1 paper)
Ref: CP/St 40Public Notice stating the boundaries of the chapelries of Heathery Cleugh, St. John, Weardale and Rookhope as laid down by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 1866
(1 paper)
Ref: CP/St 41Public Notice re the proposed alteration in County Electoral Division boundaries, with covering letter, 1927
(2 papers)
Rights of way (Ref: CP/St section 11)137-140
Ref: CP/St 137-138Correspondence re public highways, 1948 - 1958, 1949 - 1955
(2 files)
Ref: CP/St 139Minutes of the Kevin's Footbridge Committee meeting, 1949
(1 paper)
Ref: CP/St 140Papers re the stopping up of an old public highway at Copper Bridge, Bollihope, 1955 - 1956
(1 bundle)
Plans (Ref: CP/St section 12)146-162
Ref: CP/St 146Reference book to the 25" Ordnance Survey plan of Stanhope Parish, 1864
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 147Durham County, showing Unions, Sanitary Districts, Boroughs and Civil Parishes, 1856 - 1875; revised 1894 - 1897
(1 plan)
Ref: CP/St 148Geological map of the British Isles, by Matthew Lee, 1899
(1 plan)
Ref: CP/St 149Section of strata from Westgarth Foster, showing Yoredale Rocks, by Matthew Lee, 1899
(1 plan)
Ref: CP/St 150Section of the Great Limestone at Frosterley, by Matthew Lee, 1903
(1 plan)
Ref: CP/St 151Deposited plans and sections of the Weardale and Consett Water Company, with book of reference, 1919
(1 plan, 1 booklet)
Ref: CP/St 152Deposited plan of Durham County Water Board Works, with reference book, 1921
(1 plan, 1 booklet)
Ref: CP/St 153Ordnance Survey plans of Stanhope Parish showing land acquired by the Durham County Water Board at Burnhope, 1923
(1 plan)
Ref: CP/St 154Deposited plans of Durham County Waterworks: Burnhope Reservoir, 1925
(2 plans)
Ref: CP/St 155Deposited plan of Durham County Water Board Works in the Rural District of Weardale, with reference book, 1933
(1 plan, 1 booklet)
Ref: CP/St 156Cowshill, showing site of proposed telephone kiosk, 1938
(1 plan)
Ref: CP/St 157Wearhead, showing site of proposed telephone kiosk, 1938
(1 plan)
Ref: CP/St 158Cornriggs, showing position of proposed telephone kiosk, 1938
(1 plan)
Ref: CP/St 1596" Ordnance Survey plan, 2nd edition, sheet XXIII.NE, 1898
(1 plan)
Ref: CP/St 1606" Ordnance Survey plans, 3rd edition, sheets XXXI and XXXII, 1923
(2 plans)
Ref: CP/St 16125" Ordnance Survey plans, 1st edition, 1856:
Sheets: XV.12, 13, 14, 15, 16; XVI.9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; XVII.9, 13, 14; XXII.1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16; XXIII.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 15; XXIV.1, 2, 6, 10, 11, 14, 15; XXX.2, 3, 4, 8; XXXI.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12; XXXII.1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
(67 plans)
Ref: CP/St 16225" Ordnance Survey plans, 2nd edition, sheets XXII.4; XXIII.7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 16; XXIV.5, 13, 1896 - 1898
(9 plans)
Agreements and Local Bills (Ref: CP/St section 13)141-145
Ref: CP/St 141Agreements between the Parish Council and the Postmaster-General for the extension of telegraphs, savings banks, etc., 1897 - 1906
(1 bundle)
Ref: CP/St 142Agreement for the maintenance of telephones in Upper Weardale, with covering letter, 1927
(1 file, 1 paper)
Ref: CP/St 143Notice by the Weardale and Shildon District Waterworks Company of application to Parliament for additional reservoirs in Stanhope Parish, 1901
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 144Copy of a Bill to empower the Weardale and Shildon District Waterworks Company to construct additional works, etc., 1902
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 145Notices by the Weardale and Consett Water Board and the Durham County Water Board of application to Parliament for additional waterworks in Stanhope; plans of land required by the former, 1915 - 1922
(1 bundle)
Miscellaneous (Ref: CP/St section 14)23, 37-44
Ref: CP/St 23Report of the Third National Conference of Parish Councils, 1952
(1 paper)
Ref: CP/St 37Papers relating to town and country planning, including applications, correspondence and plans, 1848:
(1-11) Mary Knotts Quarry, Eastgate; (12-18) Limestone Workings at Lanehead, Crawleyside; (19-20) The Barbary Mine, Ireshopeburn; (21-26) Harelaw Quarry; (27-31) Hisehope Head; (32-33) Scutterhill Quarry, Westgate; (34-43) Swinhopeburn, Westgate
(1 file)
Ref: CP/St 38Report of Durham County Council on the First General Review of County Districts, 1933
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 39Supplementary proposals to the County Council Report, 1933
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 42Pocket Diary, 1943
(1 volume)
Ref: CP/St 43Details of publications of the Community Service Council for Durham County Ltd., c.1950
(2 papers)
Ref: CP/St 44List of duties of the Church caretaker, n.d.
(1 paper)
