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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 974 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Scurfield, W. R., deputy clerk of Durham County Council

Covering Dates: 1922-1942

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Durham County Council (Ref: D/X 974/1-4)
    • Durham County Water Board (Ref: D/X 974/5-9)

Catalogue Description

Records given on 19 February 1992

(Acc: 2042(D))

Catalogue Contents

Durham County Council (Ref: D/X 974/1-4)

W. R. Scurfield, who was sometime deputy clerk of Durham County Council, subsequently moved to Hereford and Worcester. The papers listed here were found in his desk and deposited in this office by the County Archivist of Hereford and Worcester

Ref: D/X 974/1

Note book of W. R. Scurfield, a former deputy clerk of Durham County Council, containing his notes on the enforcement procedures of the Road Improvements Act, 1925; prescription of building lines; the Public Health Act, 1925, and the Land Charges Act, 1925, February 1926
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/X 974/2

Copy of Counsel's opinion given by A.M. Begg of Lincoln's Inn, on the agreement as to the establishment of a Technical College by Durham County Council and the Council of the Durham Colleges, 17 October 1922
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 974/3

Year book of the Public Assistance Department of Durham County Council, 1941-2
(1 booklet, printed, card bound)

Ref: D/X 974/4

"By the Way": A paper presented to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the Northumberland and North Durham Federation of Accident Prevention Councils by William J. Merritt, County Engineer, Surveyor and Architect, 12 June 1942
(2 papers, printed)

Durham County Water Board (Ref: D/X 974/5-9)Ref: D/X 974/5

Notes on the regulations concerning the laying of water mains by Durham County Water Board other than by agreement, n.d.
(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 974/6

A draft report on a claim for Silicosis Compensation from Durham County Water Board, n.d.
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 974/7

Draft case and ancillary papers for the opinion of Counsel on the working of coal beneath the properties of Durham County Water Board, n.d. [c.1936]
(1 paper and 5 files)

Ref: D/X 974/8

Case for the opinion of Counsel, Dennis H. Robson, concerning the application of section 4 of the Water Companies (Regulation of Powers) Act, 1887, in connection with the Durham County Water Board Act, 1934, [1936]
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 974/9

Counsel's opinion given by Dennis H. Robson in response to D/X 974/8, 31 January 1936
(1 file)



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