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Gainford Civil Parish

Reference: CP/Gai Catalogue Title: Gainford Civil Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1868-1979

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  • Gainford Civil Parish
    • Gainford Parish Council (Ref: CP/Gai 1-9)
    • Minutes (Ref: CP/Gai 1-9)

Catalogue Contents

Gainford Parish Council (Ref: CP/Gai 1-9)

Gainford was the central township in Gainford Parish
- part of Teesdale Poor Law Union 1834-1930
- civil parish from 1866, with an elected parish council from 1894
- part of Teesdale Rural Sanitary District 1875-1894
- part of Barnard Castle Rural District 1894-1974
- part of Teesdale District 1974-2009

Minutes (Ref: CP/Gai 1-9)Ref: CP/Gai 1

Copies of notices concerning meetings of the ratepayers of Gainford with minutes of same, 25 January 1868 - 11 March 1895
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: CP/Gai 2

Minute book of parish council, 4 December 1894 - 18 March 1902
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: CP/Gai 3

Minute book of parish council, 15 April 1902 - 18 March 1913
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: CP/Gai 4

Minute book of parish council, 15 April 1913 - 15 July 1926
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: CP/Gai 5

Minute book of parish council, 17 August 1926 - 8 April 1942
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: CP/Gai 6

Committee minutes and correspondence, 1895-1907 includes: Minutes of the Standing Orders Committee of the parish council, 2 - 29 January 1895 minutes of other minor committees of the council, 1895 copy letters sent to and issued by the parish council, March 1902 - April 1907
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: CP/Gai 7

Minute book of parish council, 21 April 1942 - 18 January 1957
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: CP/Gai 8

Minute book of parish council, 25 March 1957 - 4 November 1968
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: CP/Gai 9

Minute book of the parish council, 20 January 1969 - 4 June 1979
(1 volume, leather half-bound)



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