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Sedgefield Civil Parish

Reference: CP/Se Catalogue Title: Sedgefield Civil Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1871-1979

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Sedgefield Town Council and predecessors (Ref: CP/Se 1-131)

Sedgefield was the central township of Sedgefield parish
- the centre of Sedgefield Poor Law Union 1830-1934
- a civil parish in 1866, with an elected council from 1894
- part of Sedgefield Rural Sanitary District 1875-1974
- part of Sedgefield Rural District 1894-1974
- part of Sedgefield District 1974-2009, as Sedgefield Town Council

Minutes (Ref: CP/Se section 01)Parish Council minutes (Ref: CP/Se section 01)

1-7, 26, 106-107


Parish Council minutes, 1894 - 1901
(1 volume)


Parish Council minutes, 1901 - 1908
(1 volume)


Parish Council minutes, 1909 - 1913
(1 volume)


Parish Council minutes, 1913 - 1921
(1 volume)


Parish Council minutes, 1921 - 1936
(1 volume)


Parish Council minutes, 1936 - 1943
(1 volume)


Parish Council minutes, 1943 - 1949
(1 volume)


Parish Council minute book, 1949 - 1960
(1 volume)


Minutes of meetings of Sedgefield Parish Council, 11 April 1960 - 4 March 1968
(1 file)


Minutes of meetings of Sedgefield Parish Council, 5 March 1968 - 21 August 1974
(1 file)

Committee minutes (Ref: CP/Sesection 02)

21-23, 31-32, 50, 102


"Salute the Soldier" minutes, 1944 - 1945
(1 volume)


"Holidays at Home" correspondence and minutes, 1943
(1 volume)


Correspondence regarding claim for damages at Coronation Celebration, 1953; minutes of Coronation sub-committee, 1952 - 1956
(1 file)


Parish Parochial Committee Minutes, 1956
(1 file)


War Memorial Committee Minute Book, 1941 - 1951
(1 volume)


Minutes of meetings concerning Sedgefield's entry for Durham County's tidy village competition, 4 September 1961 - 1966
(4 files)


Minutes and correspondence re recreation facilities at Sedgefield, 5 December 1977 - 6 February 1979
(4 papers, 6 files)

Members' attendance (Ref: CP/Se section 02)

108


Members' attendance book, 13 January 1964 - 8 April 1974
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Election of councillors (Ref: CP/Se section 03)

79


Correspondence and papers re election of parish councillors, 9 May 1967 - 6 May 1976
(4 papers, 6 files)

Declarations of acceptance of office (Ref: CP/Se section 04)

8


Declarations of acceptance of office by Parish Councillors, 1894 - 1962
(1 volume)

Appointment of officers (Ref: CP/Se section 05)

81, 105


Correspondence re appointment of Clerk to the Council, 14 June 1968 - 4 June 1969
(1 file)


Correspondence and papers re appointment and duties of town clerk and caretaker, 2 October 1978 - 1 December 1978
(7 papers, 9 files)

Standing orders (Ref: CP/Se section 06)

109


Standing orders, 17 April 1928
(1 booklet)

Financial records (Ref: CP/Se section 07)Receipts and payments registers (Ref: CP/Se)

9-15


Receipts and payment register, 1908 - 1912
(1 volume)


Receipts and payment register, 1912 - 1916
(1 volume)


Receipts and payment register, 1916 - 1922
(1 volume)


Receipts and payment register, 1922 - 1931
(1 volume)


Receipts and payment register, 1931 - 1941
(1 volume)


Receipts and payment register, 1941 - 1950
(1 volume)


Receipts and payments register, lighting account, 1926 - 1937
(1 volume)

Financial statements (Ref: CP/Se)

16-18, 29


Financial statements, 1923 - 1933
(1 volume)


Financial statements, 1934 - 1943
(1 volume)


Financial statements, 1945 - 1954
(1 volume)


Balance sheets, 1921 - 1922
(1 envelope)

Account books (Ref: CP/Se)

19, 27-28, 114-118


Account book, general and special funds, 1899 - 1908
(1 volume)


General Expenses account book, 1950 - 1955
(1 volume)


General Expenses account book, 1955 - 1960
(1 volume)


Account book, 14 September 1959 - 12 August 1969
(1 volume, cloth-bound)


Account book, 8 September 1969 - 26 May 1971
(1 volume, cloth-bound)


Account book, 5 April 1971 - 31 March 1972
(1 volume, cloth-bound)


Account book, 30 June 1972 - 13 March 1973
(1 volume, cloth-bound)


Account book, 30 June 1973 - 13 June 1977
(1 volume, cloth-bound)

Lighting expenses accounts (Ref: CP/Se)

30, 119


Lighting expenses account, 1938 - 1953
(1 volume)


Lighting account book, 25 June 1953 - 13 April 1970
(1 volume, cloth-bound)

Banking (Ref: CP/Se)

113


Account of payments to bank, 31 March 1947 - 31 March 1974
(1 volume, paper cover)

Correspondence (Ref: CP/Se section 08)Clerk's correspondence (Ref: CP/Se)

52-59, 122-123


General correspondence (A-L), 14 June 1964 - 17 July 1968
(1 file)


General correspondence (M-Z), 10 July 1964 - 16 July 1968
(1 file)


General correspondence, 6 April 1970 - 15 March 1971
(10 papers, 21 files)


General correspondence, 10 March 1971 - 29 June 1972
(20 papers, 19 files)


General correspondence, 13 December 1971 - 6 March 1979
(7 papers, 10 files)


General correspondence, 4 January 1972 - 28 November 1975
(59 papers, 58 files)


General correspondence, 21 May 1973 - 12 May 1976
(22 papers, 20 files)


General correspondence, 12 November 1974 - 27 July 1978
(19 papers, 49 files)


General correspondence, 3 September 1962 - 6 April 1965
(1 file)


General correspondence, 17 February 1968 - 14 November 1969
(1 file)

General correspondence (Ref: CP/Se)

24, 33, 35, 37-40, 49, 51, 78, 80, 82-83, 85-86, 89-90, 96, 98-101, 103-104


Correspondence relating to tree planting to commemorate Coronation, 1953 Including plan of position of trees planted
(1 file)


War Memorial Committee, correspondence, papers and plans, 1946 - 1951
(1 file)


Winston Churchill Appeal Fund, papers, circulars and correspondence, 1965
(1 file)


Correspondence etc. re erection and removal of fuel pumps, 1924 - 1966; agreement re petrol filling station, 1933; correspondence etc. re garage premises, 1963 - 1965; lease of land to National Benzole Co. Ltd., 1965
(1 bundle)


Correspondence re Pinfold and provision of new drainage system; tenancy agreements etc. re above, 1898 - 1969
(1 bundle)


Tenancy agreement and correspondence with Messrs. Roper of Hardwick Building Yard, 1967
(1 bundle)


Papers re erection of additional public telephone kiosk, 1947
(1 envelope)


Correspondence re depositing of Parish Council records in the County Record Office with schedule of deeds and documents held by Clerk to the Parish Council in 1947 and rough list of same, (n.d.), 1962 - 1963
(1 bundle)


Correspondence concerning Sedgefield's entry for Durham County's tidy village competition, 27 March 1961 - 20 March 1968
(2 papers, 2 files)


Correspondence re churchyard and churchyard wall, 30 April 1967 - 13 March 1969
(1 file)


Correspondence and deeds re vehicular access to fire station and Methodist Church, Sedgefield, 18 May 1967 - 8 August 1974
(1 file)


Correspondence re planning permission for display signs, 22 June 1968 - 12 February 1969
(1 file)


Correspondence re bonfire on Cross Hill, Sedgefield, 13 November 1969 - 15 November 1971
(2 files)


Correspondence re Sedgefield Women's Institute, 15 January 1970 - 2 May 1977
(3 papers, 6 files)


Correspondence re Beacon Lane Estate, 15 January 1970 - February 1971
(1 paper, 2 files)


Correspondence re Sedgefield Comprehensive School, 12 January 1972 - 17 June 1976
(15 papers, 11 files)


Correspondence and plans re North End Garage, 15 May 1972 - 25 January 1979
(2 papers, 6 files)


Correspondence re sale of "The Pinfold", Spring Lane, Sedgefield to R. Hudson, 23 August 1973 - 24 June 1974
(4 papers, 2 files)


Correspondence re community health centre, 13 November 1974 - July 1977
(1 paper, 7 files)


Correspondence re bus shelter removal from High Street to Durham Road, Sedgefield, 16 December 1974 - 1 December 1977
(3 files)


Correspondence re Sedgefield District Council, 26 March 1976 - 18 July 1978
(25 papers, 24 files)


Correspondence re Woodland near Mitford Court, 16 March 1977 - 16 March 1979
(8 papers, 4 files)


Correspondence re 1st Sedgefield scout group, 5 June 1978 - 11 September 1978
(1 file)


Correspondence and plans re building of new houses and extensions, 10 September 1978 - 25 May 1979
(59 papers, 3 files)

Rating and Valuation (Ref: CP/Se section 09)

34, 97, 120-121


Papers and correspondence re Durham County Rate Basis, 1910
(1 bundle)


Correspondence re Ratepayers Association, 14 October 1974 - 16 January 1975
(2 papers, 3 files)


Rating precepts, 11 March 1957 - 31 December 1966
(1 booklet)


Rating precepts, 13 March 1967 - 1 April 1974
(1 booklet)

Lighting (Ref: CP/Se section 10)

41, 60-64, 130-131


Agreements: re erection of electric lighting pole, 1926; with Cleveland and Durham County Electric Power Co., 1927; with North Eastern Electricity Board, 1940, 1950, 1958, 1960, 1965; correspondence and agreement re attendant for Street Lighting Installation, 1958
(1 bundle)


Correspondence and papers concerning street lighting attendant, 1 December 1927 - 13 September 1972
(1 file)


Correspondence re public lighting, 24 June 1966 -22 January 1971
(2 files)


Correspondence and papers re street lighting, 21 July 1969 - 29 April 1974
(37 papers, 31 files)


Maps showing position of streetlights, 7 December 1971
(3 papers, 1 file)


Correspondence re street lighting at Sedgefield, 27 September 1973 - 15 June 1978
(1 paper, 6 files)


Ordnance Survey sheet showing public street lighting in Hardwick district of Sedgefield, March 1971
(1 paper)


Ordnance Survey sheet showing public street lighting in Sedgefield, August 1970
(1 paper)

Village green, common land, rights of way (Ref: CP/Se section 11)

42-44, 65, 87, 124


Village Green and Waste Spaces: leases and conveyance with other papers and correspondence, 1900 and 1962; lease and counterpart, 1924; agreement re two pieces of land on road from Durham to Bishop Auckland, 1947; grant of easements for Telephone Repeater Station, 1951; conveyances and legal charge with schedule of deeds and documents relating to village green and waste spaces, 1960 - 1962 (all from Ecclesiastical Commissioners); correspondence re bye-laws, 1950 - 1952; correspondence re conveyance to Parish Council, 1960 - 1961; bye-laws (2 copies), 1902; plan showing village green and waste lands, 1935
(1 bundle)


Royal Commission on Common Land: Inquiry re Sedgefleld, 1956 - 1957
(1 envelope)


Dispute re right of way - papers, forms and correspondence, 1950 - 1954
(1 envelope)


Correspondence re rights of way under National Parks and Access to Countryside Act (1949), 3 May 1949 - 5 June 1970
(1 file)


Correspondence re public rights of way, 30 April 1970 - 3 August 1971
(2 papers, 3 files)


Statements and maps showing footpaths and rights of way, 25 September 1950 - 16 June 1953
(3 papers, 2 files)

Playing fields (Ref: CP/Se section 12)

66, 84, 88


Correspondence re children's playing field and playing field facilities, 7 August 1958 - 3 August 1972
(1 file)


Correspondence re playing fields and equipment, 10 January 1970 - 13 June 1973
(9 papers, 14 files)


Correspondence re play area at Eden Drive, 22 July 1971 - 5 June 1974
(12 papers, 8 files)

Allotments (Ref: CP/Se section 13)

36


Allotments, leases of land owned by Viscount Boyne of Brancepeth with plan and specification of work to be done, 1911 - 1932
(1 bundle)

Parish hall (Ref: CP/Se section 14)

46-47, 67-77, 110-112, 125-129


Parish Hall: mortgage for £600, 1911; correspondence, contracts and estimates re alterations and repairs etc., 1911; Building Fund Committee minute book and correspondence, 1951 - 1952; plans of alterations to toilets, 1954; papers re rental of fire extinguisher, 1966; agreements re employment of caretakers and related papers, 1949 - 1959; agreements re keeping of crockery etc, at Parish Hall, 1956; agreements with Sedgefield W.I., Ward Committee (Women's Section) of the Labour Party, re storage of certain articles at Parish Hall, 1957; agreement and correspondence with County Library for use of Parish Hall, 1958 - 1961
(1 bundle)


Insurance Policies: for Fire, Employers' Liability, Speaker Unit and Amplifier, Parish Hall, etc., 1919 - 1967
(1 bundle)


Correspondence and plans re improvements to scullery and hall at Sedgefield parish hall, 28 January 1964 - 14 July 1967
(1 file)


Correspondence and plans re alterations to Sedgefield parish hall and caretaker's flat, 21 March 1966 - 10 December 1969
(1 file)


Correspondence re parish hall improvements, 22 April 1969 - 3 February 1971
(3 papers, 9 files)


Correspondence re appointment of caretaker for parish hall and groundsman for Ceddesfield Hall, 24 February 1970 - 22 January 1979
(11 papers, 12 files)


17 April 1970 (1) Parish Council of Sedgefield (2) Jean Kirby Agreement by (1) to employ (2) as caretaker of the parish hall
(1 paper)


17 April 1970 (1) Parish Council of Sedgefield (2) Jean Kirby Agreement by (1) to allow (2) to occupy accommodation at the parish hall
(1 paper)


12 March 1973 (1) Parish Council of Sedgefield (2) D.C. Pemberton Agreement by (1) to employ (2) as caretaker of the parish hall
(1 paper)


12 March 1973 (1) Parish Council of Sedgefield (2) D.C. Pemberton Agreement by (1) to allow (2) to occupy accommodation at the parish hall
(1 paper)


Correspondence re hire of Sedgefield parish hall, 22 July 1970 - 1 June 1972
(32 papers, 19 files)


Correspondence re letting of parish hall to Sedgefield Community Association, 14 April 1976 - 10 April 1979
(12 papers, 3 files)


Correspondence re alterations to parish hall, 6 December 1976 - 3 May 1978
(8 papers, 9 files)


Account of payments for lettings of parish hall, 1 April 1946 - 1 March 1949
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Account of payments for lettings of parish hall, 1 April 1963 - 31 July 1968
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)


Account of payments for lettings of parish hall, 12 August 1968 - 26 November 1976
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Proposed alterations for ground and first floor to Sedgefield parish hall, 21 July 1967 Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch [1:48]
(1 plan, 45 cm x 75 cm, photocopy)


Proposed alterations to ceilings and sitting area of Sedgefield parish hall, September 1967 Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch [1:48] (1 plan, 45 cm x 75 cm, duplicated]


Working drawings of proposed ground and first floor alterations to Sedgefield parish hall, October 1967 Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch [1:48]
(1 plan, 45 cm x 75 cm, duplicated)


Proposed alterations to staircase of Sedgefield parish hall, 1 November 1967 Scale: 2 feet to 1 inch [1:24]
(1 plan, 45c m x 75 cm, duplicated)


Perspective sketch of alterations to Sedgefield parish hall, c.1967
(1 paper)

Ceddesfield Hall (Ref: CP/Se section 15)

91-95


Correspondence re purchase of Old Rectory later known as Ceddesfield Hall, 7 March 1973 - 11 February 1976
(53 papers, 20 files)


Correspondence re Ceddesfield Hall and grounds, 5 June 1974 - 20 April 1977
(6 papers, 24 files)


Correspondence re lake and gardens at Ceddesfield Hall, Sedgefield, 16 July 1975 - 12 August 1975
(4 papers, 2 files)


Photographs of the grounds of Ceddesfield hall, n.d. [c.1975]
(1 file)


Publication describing Ceddesfield Hall community garden, n.d.
(1 file)

Charities (Ref: CP/Se section 16)

25, 45


School Charities correspondence and accounts, 1900 - 1922
(1 file)


Charities: Lady Freville's Charity - statements of accounts, 1956 - 1967; Howle Hope Estate, Harrison and Wrens, Forsters and Jane Mason's Charities, Cooper's Almshouses, Wrightson's, Forster's and Lamb's Charities, Sedgefield Educational Foundation - statements of accounts, 1959 - 1967
(1 bundle)

Agreements (Ref: CP/Se section 17)

20


Agreements, leases, bonds, mortgages, etc., 1871 - 1951
(1 bundle)

Plans (Ref: CP/Se section 18)

48


Plans: (i) A177 road improvement at Sedgefield, 1935 (ii) Proposed road improvement, 1944 (2 copies) (iii) Village, 1951 (iv) Village, based on O.S., n.d. (v) Village, based on O.S., n.d. (vi) O.S. plan, 6", 1923 Edition, sheets XXXV.SE, XXXVI SW and SE (part only), XLIII.NE, SE and NW, SW (part only), XLIV.NW, SW and NE (part only), showing boundaries of Rural District and Civil Parishes
(7 plans)