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West Rainton Civil Parish

Reference: CP/WR Catalogue Title: West Rainton Civil Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1894-2005

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West Rainton Parish Council (Ref: CP/WR)

West Rainton was a township of Houghton le Spring parish, a separate parish from 1838
- part of Houghton le Spring Poor Law Union 1834-1930
- part of Durham Rural Sanitary District 1875-1894
- part of Durham Rural District 1894-1974
- part of Durham City District 1974-2009, later renamed West Rainton and Leamside Parish Council

Minutes (Ref: CP/WR section 01)

1-5, 84-85, 189-190, 198-200


Council minutes, 1894 - 1917
(1 volume)


Council minutes, 1917 - 1925
(1 volume)


Council minutes, [1925 - 1929]
(1 volume)


Council minutes, 1929 - 1938
(1 volume)


Council minutes, 1938 - 1951 At front: minutes for 1929 - 1931
(1 volume)


Minute book of parish council, 20 June 1939 ­ 6 October 1973
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


Minutes and agendas, 24 April 1975 ­ 16 December 1979
(39 papers, 32 files)


Minutes of West Rainton Parish Council, 1 October 1973 - 20 February 1986
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Minutes of West Rainton Parish Council, 26 March 1986 - 18 March 1993
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Minutes of West Rainton Parish Council, 15 April 1993 - 19 March 1998
(1 volume, plastic bound)


Minutes of West Rainton Parish Council, 2 April 1998 - 8 May 2002
(142 papers)


Minutes of West Rainton Parish Council, 20 June 2002 - 21 April 2005
(112 papers)

Elected members (Ref: CP/WR section 02)Declarations on acceptance of office (Ref: CP/WR)

6, 86, 194


Acceptances of office, 1894 - 1898
(1 volume)


Parish councillors' declarations record book, 18 April 1899 ­ 6 July 1970
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


Declarations of acceptance of office, 6 September 1971 - 20 May 1991
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Attendance registers (Ref: CP/WR)

7


Attendance register, 1894 - 1904
(1 volume)

Staff (Ref: CP/WR section 03)

71, 87-88


Wages account, week ending 12 February 1930
(1 paper)


Wages account lists, 18 October 1929 ­ 5 March 1930
(15 papers)


Wages account lists, 21 June 1930 ­ 12 July 1930
(4 papers)

Financial records (Ref: CP/WR section 04)Account books (Ref: CP/WR)

8, 91-94


Treasurer's accounts, 1895 - 1946
(1 volume)


General account book, 1 April 1938 ­ 15 March 1974
(1 volume, cloth quarter­bound)


Account book, 16 April 1940 ­ 3 March 1947 Includes: postage accounts, 16 March 1937 ­ 9 January 1946
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Postage and petty cash accounts, 12 March 1947 ­ 26 March 1964
(1 volume)


Account book, 27 April 1964 ­ March 1978 Includes: postage accounts, 30 March 1964 ­ 6 June 1979
(1 volume, cloth quarter­bound)

Receipts and payments (Ref: CP/WR)

9-11, 191, 195, 201


Receipts and payments, 1895 - 1919
(1 volume)


Receipts and payments, 1919 - 1933
(1 volume)


Receipts and payments, 1933 - 1938
(1 volume)


Receipts and payments book, 1 April 1974 - 21 March 1985
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Receipts and payments book, 21 April 1985 - 26 March 1995
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)


Receipts and payments book, 5 April 1995 - 31 March 2004
(1 volume, card bound)

Lighting and watching account (Ref: CP/WR)

12, 103


Lighting and watching account: receipts and payments, 1929 - 1933
(1 volume)


Lighting account receipt and payment book, 1 April 1938 ­ 28 March 1974
(1 volume, cloth quarter­bound)

Financial statements (Ref: CP/WR)

13-51, 89-90, 177, 187


Financial statements, 1897 - 1934
(39 booklets)


Financial statements, 31 March 1935 ­ 31 March 1945
(ll booklets)


Financial statements, 31 March 1964 ­ 31 March 1967
(5 papers)


"Financial statements": being an account of receipts and payments made by the parish council for the year ending 31 March on each of the following years: 1946 ­ 1963 and 1975
(16 files and 3 papers)


"Financial statements": being an account of receipts and payments made by the parish council for the year ending 31 March on each of the following years: 1977 ­ 1981; includes notices of the audit and deposit of the accounts for the council for the preceding year, 1977 - 1983
(17 papers, printed)

Coronation Fund (Ref: CP/WR)

95, 104


Statement of cash payments for Coronation, May 1937
(1 file)


Coronation Fund account book, 24 November 1952 ­ 5 June 1953
(1 booklet)

Financial correspondence (Ref: CP/WR)

165


Financial correspondence, 21 September 1931 ­ 12 April 1977
(13 papers, 3 files)

Mortgages (Ref: CP/WR section 05)

105, 114


Register of mortgages and transfers of mortgages, 22 October 1979 [One entry only]
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


19 September 1967 (1) Houghton-le-Spring U.D.C. (2) West Rainton Parish Council Draft form of mortgage by (1) to (2) of £325
(1 file)

Correspondence (Ref: CP/WR section 06)

52-70, 164, 166-167, 170-171, 173-174, 176, 178, 180


Clerk's copy letters, 1921 - 1926
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1926 - 1928
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1928 - 1929
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1929 - 1930
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1930 - 1931
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1931 - 1932
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1932
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1933 - 1934
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1934 - 1935
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1935
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1951 - 1953
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1953 - 1956
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1953 - 1955
(1 volume)


Clerk's copy letters, 1955 - 1963
(1 bundle)


Miscellaneous correspondence, including papers re Durham Parish Councils Association, 1937 - 1959
(5 bundles)


General correspondence, 16 October 1929 ­ March 1980
(166 papers, 25 files)


Correspondence re footpaths, roads and boundaries in the parish of West Rainton, 8 January 1932 ­ 19 November 1979
(70 papers, 7 files)


Correspondence re criminal case, 25 April 1932
(1 file)


Copy letters, 22 April 1949 ­ 4 April 1951
(1 volume, cloth quarter­bound)


General correspondence, 20 May 1953 ­ 15 November 1966
(12 papers)


Correspondence re waste disposal, 14 March 1967 ­ 27 March 1979
(17 papers, 2 files)


Correspondence re payments to Chipman Chemical Company Ltd., January 1969
(1 file)


Copies of general out­letters, 4 May 1977 ­ 8 December 1979
(93 papers, 4 files)


Letters received by Mrs. Rita Brown, clerk to the West Rainton Parish Council and other members of the council, from various correspondents concerning events, building projects, petitions, tree planting projects etc., which may concern people living in the area, including material concerning the Durham Association of Parish and Town Councils, 25 January 1978 ­ 8 January 1982
(143 papers)


Copy letters from Mrs. Rita Brown, clerk to the West Rainton Parish Council, to various recipients concerning all aspects of parish administration, 26 February 1980 ­ 1 December 1981
(264 papers)

Cemetery and burial records (Ref: CP/WR section 07)

72, 96-102, 155-156, 169, 181-185, 192-193, 196-197

Registers of burials (Ref: CP/WR section 01)

196


Register of burials, 3 February 1941 - 22 December 1989
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Registers of graves (Ref: CP/WR section 02)

202 - 203


Register of public graves, 26 December 1941 - 22 April 1995
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Register of purchased graves, 10 March 1942 - 17 April 2003
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Grants of right of burial (Ref: CP/WR section 03)

98-101, 183, 185, 197


Burial grants record book, 4 December 1951 ­ 19 November 1957
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


Burial grants record book, 7 January 1958 ­ 26 November 1963
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


Burial grants record book, 26 November 1963 ­ 12 September 1968
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


Burial grants record book, 4 November 1968 ­ 4 May 1973
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


Grants of exclusive right of burial, 10 March 1942 ­ 12 November 1983
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


Grants of exclusive right of burial, 16 May 1973 ­ 14 October 1981
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


Burial grants record book, 28 January 1982 - 22 December 1997
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Memorials (Ref: CP/WR section 04)

102, 182


Erection of memorials record book and fees account book, 11 June 1955 -­ 19 October 1962
(1 volume, cloth quarter-­bound)


Register of memorials, etc., 17 November 1941 -­ 19 March 1981
(1 volume, leather half-­bound)

Fees (Ref: CP/WR section 05)

72, 97, 184, 192


Burial fees, 1940
(1 paper)


Burial fees account book, 6 February 1941 ­ 5 July 1972
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Notice detailing the table of fees, payments and sums payable at the burial ground, Durham Road, West Rainton; issued by J.W. Sowerby and A.L. Jordan, members of the parish council, 23 April 1952
(1 poster, printed)


Burial fees account book, 12 July 1970 - 20 March 1992
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Receipts and payments (Ref: CP/WR section 06)

96, 193


Account of the receipts and payments of the Joint Burial Committee, 1938-1968
(1 volume, leather half­bound)


Joint Burial Committee receipts and payments book, 23 April 1968 - 28 March 1983
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Correspondence (Ref: CP/WR section 07)

169


Correspondence re West Rainton Cemetery, 10 August 1937 ­ 20 December 1979
(37 papers, 6 files)

Plans (Ref: CP/WR section 08)

155-156


Plan showing railings, gates, offices etc. of proposed new cemetery at West Rainton, n.d. Scales: 1 foot to 1/2 inch [1:24] and 8 feet to 1 foot [1:8]
(1 plan, 57cm x 46cm, ink, coloured)


Plan showing railings, gates and office etc. of proposed new cemetery at West Rainton, n.d. Scales: 1 foot to 1/2 inch [1:24] and 8 feet to 1 foot [1:8]
(1 plan, 57cm x 46cm, waxed linen, coloured)

Churchyard (Ref: CP/WR section 09)

181


Deed of conveyance, correspondence, vouchers, estimates of costs, plans and other related papers concerning the development and building of a churchyard at West Rainton, 1935 ­ 1939
(57 papers)

Rating and valuation (Ref: CP/WR section 08)

186


Precept book, 26 March 1963 -­ 21 January 1982
(1 volume, paper bound)

Planning (Ref: CP/WR section 09)

115, 144-147, 150, 152-154, 157, 161, 175, 179, 204


Site plan of West Rainton housing site, September 1932 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 27cm x 38cm, duplicated)


Location and site plans of Lanehouse Farm, Leamside, 25 February 1976 Scales: 1:2500 and 1:500
(1 plan, 38cm x 56cm, duplicated)


Location and site plans for Lanehouse Farm, Leamside, 25 February 1976 Scales: 1:500 and 1:2500
(1 plan, 80cm x 57cm, duplicated)


Plan of proposed farm buildings, Lane House Farm, Leamside, August 1976 Scales: 1:2500, 1:500 and 1:96
(1 plan, 96cm x 73cm, duplicated)


Plans, elevations and section of bungalow at West Rainton for N. Quinn, 25 August 1977 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 80cm x 57cm, duplicated)


Plans of proposed houses at Lea Riggs, 20 February 1979 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 66cm x 53cm, duplicated)


Plan of development of housing estate at Freehold, West Rainton, n.d. Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 76cm x 55cm, duplicated)


Site plan of proposed ten houses in terrace at West Rainton for Isaac Berriman, n.d. Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 42cm x 29cm, duplicated)


Plans of proposed two-bedroomed houses in terrace at Rainton Gate, n.d. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]
(1 plan, 42cm x 29cm, duplicated)


Plan of proposed surgery etc. near Station Road, n.d. Scales: 1:2500, 1:200 and 1:50
(1 plan, 84cm x 59cm, duplicated)


Sketch map of West Rainton showing housing site, recreation ground and school site, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 24cm x 22cm, ink, waxed linen)


Correspondence re planning applications, with application forms and plans, 18 May 1975 ­ 8 June 1979
(65 papers, 49 files)


Letters, planning applications with their related plans, brochures and related papers, concerning alterations and extensions to properties in West Rainton, 17 December 1979 ­ 9 March 1982
(147 papers)


Records concerning proposed housing development at Station Road, West Rainton, 2000-2001
(1 file)

Reclamation (Ref: CP/WR section 10)

142-143, 148-149, 151


Details of Nicholson Pit and Rainton Meadows, issued by Durham County Council Reclamation Team, Acquisition Section, July 1971 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 98cm x 73cm, duplicated)


Plan of P.D. pollution control plant at Blue House Quarry, November 1975 Scale: 1:1250
(1 plan, 21cm x 30cm, duplicated)


Sections of proposed layout of P.D. pollution control of Blue House Quarry, 15 June 1978 Scale: 1:100
(1 plan, 74cm x 44cm, duplicated)


Plan of proposed layout of P.D. pollution control, Blue House Quarry, 15 June 1978 Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 64cm x 74cm, duplicated, partly coloured)


Plan of Broomside colliery and railway, issued by Durham County Council Reclamation Team, Acquisition Section, n.d. Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 119cm x 100cm, photocopied)

Street lighting (Ref: CP/WR section 11)

106-107, 111, 116-117, 133, 139-141, 162, 188


1929 (1) F. Reid Ferens and Co. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2) West Rainton Parish Council Contract for street lighting works Consideration: £969
(1 paper)


27 October 1932 (1) North Eastern Electric Supply Company Limited (2) West Rainton Parish Council Articles of agreement between (1) and (2) for supply of electric for street lighting
(1 file)


8 April 1935 (1) B.L. Oliver of Birtley (2) West Rainton Parish Council Contract between (1) and (2) for the extension of street lighting system from Hall Lane along Durham Road to Rainton Gate Consideration: £85
(2 papers)


Plan showing street lighting at West Rainton, 6 June 1934 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile
(1 plan, 136cm x 77cm, duplicated)


Details of public lighting at West Rainton, 1956 No scale
(1 plan, 109cm x 69cm, duplicated)


Details of public lighting for Durham R.D.C. proposed housing development at West Rainton, 15 February 1966 Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 65cm x 5lcm, duplicated)


Details of West Rainton P.C. public lighting, 9 January 1969 No scale
(1 plan, 109cm x 69cm, duplicated)


Details of West Rainton P.C. public lighting, 27 March 1969 No scale
(1 plan, 98cm x 69cm, duplicated)


Plan of West Rainton P.C. public lighting, showing roadway lighting improvements, 4 April 1969 No scale
(1 plan, 99cm x 78cm, duplicated)


Correspondence concerning street lighting at West Rainton, 4 October 1929 ­ 12 April 1976
(50 papers, 13 files)


Correspondence between the Clerk of Durham County Council, the Clerk of the West Rainton Parish Council and, latterly, the Treasurer of the Houghton-le-Spring Urban District Council, with negotiation papers and various instruments of transactions relating to a loan to the Parish Council for the purpose of street lighting in the parish of West Rainton, 23 January 1929 - 22 September 1972
(14 papers, typescript and printed)

Utilities (Ref: CP/WR section 12)

109-110, 118-120, 135


1 February 1934 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) West Rainton Parish Council Agreement for the fixing of a wire stay on (1)s lands at Front Street, West Rainton
(1 paper)


Agreements between West Rainton Parish Council and various rate payers for the erection of stays on their land, 1 ­ 12 January 1935
(1 file)


Plan of electricity supply to proposed housing estate at Leamside, 18 December 1961 Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 49cm x 53cm, duplicated)


Details of electricity supply to proposed William Leech housing development at West Rainton, 24 April 1962 Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 58cm x 42cm, duplicated)


Plan showing underground electricity mains supply to ten bungalows at Woodland View, West Rainton, 31 October 1962 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 34cm x 3lcm, duplicated)


Details of electricity supply to six bungalows at West Rainton, 19 September 1967 No scale
(1 plan, 84cm x 48cm, duplicated)

Fire services (Ref: CP/WR section 13)

112


31 July 1937 (1) Durham and Northumberland Collieries Fire and Rescue Brigade (2) West Rainton Parish Council Agreement between (1) and (2) for provision of fire services
(1 paper)

Highways (Ref: CP/WR section 14)

121-132, 134, 172


Longitudinal section of A690 from Rainton Gate to East Rainton, plan no.21, 1 March 1965 Scales: 1:500 and 1:250
(1 plan, 126cm x 57cm, duplicated)


Plan and section of A690 from Rainton Gate to East Rainton, plan no.3, 1 October 1965 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 125cm x 70cm, duplicated, partly coloured)


Plan and longitudinal section of A690, Rainton Gate, plan no.7, n.d. [1965] Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 125cm x 70cm, duplicated)


Plan and levels of A690 Carrville to Rainton Gate, plan no.9, n.d. [1965] Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 125cm x 70cm, duplicated)


Plan and levels of A690, Carrville to Rainton Gate, plan no.11, [1965] Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 126cm x 57cm, duplicated)


Plan and section of A690, Rainton Gate to East Rainton, plan no.13A, 1 October 1965 Scales: 1:500 and 1:250
(1 plan, 125cm x 70cm, duplicated)


Plan of road A690, Rainton Gate to East Rainton, plan no.15, 1 October 1965 Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 125cm x 70cm, duplicated)


Plan of road A690, Rainton Gate to East Rainton, plan no.17, 1 October 1965 Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 125cm x 70cm, duplicated)


Plan and longitudinal section of A690, Rainton Gate to East Rainton, plan no.19, 1 October 1965 Scales: 1:500 and 1:250
(1 plan, 125cm x 70cm, duplicated)


Plan and longitudinal section of A690, Rainton Gate to East Rainton, plan no.23, 1 October 1965 Scales: 1:500 and 11:250
(1 plan, 125cm x 70cm, duplicated)


Plan of A690, Rainton Gate to East Rainton, 1 February 1966 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 103cm x 30cm)


Plan showing proposed and existing electricity supply on A690, Rainton Gate to East Rainton, n.d. [1966] Scale: 1:500
(1 plan, 100cm x 50cm, duplicated, partly coloured)


Plan of highway at West Rainton in the County of Durham, 8 June 1966 Scale: 200 feet to 1 inch [1:2400]
(1 plan, 27cm x 37cm, duplicated)


Correspondence re purchase of land for widening A690 at West Rainton, 25 May 1966 ­ 29 August 1967
(1 file)

Footpaths (Ref: CP/WR section 15)

136-138, 160


Map showing proposed riverside footpath from Finchale Priory to Durham City, map no.1, 30 April 1968 Scale: 1:10,560
(1 plan, 47cm x 56cm, duplicated, partly coloured)


Plan of Finchale Priory footpath, north section, 11 December 1968 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 104cm x 37cm, duplicated, partly coloured)


Details of Finchale Priory footpath, south section, 13 December 1968 Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 158cm x 42cm, duplicated, partly coloured)


Plan showing alterations to footpath near West Rainton, n.d. Scale: 1:2500
(1 plan, 70cm x 100cm, duplicated)

Bus stops (Ref: CP/WR section 16)

158-159, 168


Plan of proposed amendment to position of bus stops at West Rainton, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 41cm x 33cm, duplicated)


Plan showing proposed new bus stop on Jellicoe Terrace, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 28cm x 28cm, duplicated)


Correspondence re bus services in West Rainton Village, 22 October 1934 ­ 17 November 1977
(38 papers, 7 files)

Recreation ground (Ref: CP/WR section 17)

108, 163


5 November 1932 (1) Houghton-le-Spring R.D.C. (2) Parish Council of West Rainton Lease by (1) to (2) of land to be used as a recreation ground
(1 paper)


Correspondence re grant for levelling of old ash pit to form a recreation ground, 14 October 1929 ­ 6 November 1931
(1 file)

Miscellaneous (Ref: CP/WR section 18)

73-83, 113


Miscellaneous printed booklets including: Sedgefield Burial Joint Committee, rules, 1909; Pittington Burial Ground, rules, 1936; Durham R.D.C., abstracts of accounts, 1952, 1953, bye-laws re sanitary conditions etc., 1956; Durham County and Teesside Old People's Welfare Committee, annual report, 1952; Durham County Playing Fields Association, Jubilee handbook, 1952, annual report, 1956
(11 booklets)


Abstract of title of the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. to hereditaments at West Rainton, 1937 Plan attached
(1 file)