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Castle Eden Petty Sessional Division

Reference: PS/CE Catalogue Title: Castle Eden Petty Sessional Division Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Matrimonial, Bastardy/Affiliation/Maintenance, Financial

Covering Dates: 1891-1954

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  • Castle Eden Petty Sessional Division
    • Castle Eden Petty Sessions (Ref: PS/CE)
    • Bastardy and Maintenance Orders (Ref: PS/CE )
    • Affiliation Orders (Ref: PS/CE )
    • Bastardy Orders (Ref: PS/CE )
    • Maintenance Orders (Ref: PS/CE )
    • Financial records (Ref: PS/CE)
    • Fees (Ref: PS/CE)
    • Means Inquiry Warrants (Ref: PS/CE 96)
    • Matrimonial (Ref: PS/CE)
    • Separation Orders (Ref: PS/CE 97-99)

Catalogue Description

Easington Ward South Division, later Castle Eden Division, later Hartlepool and Castle Eden Division, later Peterlee Division

Catalogue Contents

Castle Eden Petty Sessions (Ref: PS/CE)Bastardy and Maintenance Orders (Ref: PS/CE )Bastardy Orders (Ref: PS/CE )Ref: PS/CE 25

Bastardy order book, 3 April 1915 - 28 January 1922
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: PS/CE 26

Bastardy order book, 28 January 1922 - 10 October 1931
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: PS/CE 101

Bastardy order book, 23 March 1901 - 20 May 1911
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: PS/CE 102

Bastardy order book, 17 June 1911 - 20 March 1915
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Maintenance Orders (Ref: PS/CE )Ref: PS/CE 31

Maintenance Order Book, 27 February 1932 - 7 March 1940
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Ref: PS/CE 32

Maintenance Order Book, 16 May 1940 - 7 February 1946
(1 volume, cardboard bound)

Affiliation Orders (Ref: PS/CE )Ref: PS/CE 103

Register of M[arried] W[omen] orders and affiliation orders, and payment book, 19 September 1914 - 6 May 1922
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: PS/CE 104

Register of affiliation orders (no.2), March 1917 - 15 February 1925
(1 volume, cloth half-bound)

Financial records (Ref: PS/CE)Fees (Ref: PS/CE)Ref: PS/CE 24

Remitted fees book, 13 June 1891 - 24 September 1954
(1 volume)

Means Inquiry Warrants (Ref: PS/CE 96)Ref: PS/CE 96

Register of persons brought before the court on Means Inquiry Warrants, 15 January 1952 - 28 December 1954
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Matrimonial (Ref: PS/CE)Separation Orders (Ref: PS/CE 97-99)Ref: PS/CE 97

Separation orders made under the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895, 17 January 1906 - 2 November 1912
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: PS/CE 98

Separation orders made under the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895, 16 November 1912 - 18 December 1920
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: PS/CE 99

Separation orders made under the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895, 23 August 1924 - 7 November 1931
(1 volume, card bound)



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