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Washington Urban District Council

Reference: UD/Wa Catalogue Title: Washington Urban District Council Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Usworth and Washington Townships

Covering Dates: 1750-1904

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Usworth Township - poor relief and highway surveyors (Ref: UD/Wa 1-17)

"Great and Little Usworth and North Biddick" was a township of Washington parish (Usworth was later a separate parish)
- part of Chester le Street Poor Law Union 1834-1930
- a civil parish in 1866, with an elected council from 1895
- part of Chester le Street Rural Sanitary District 1875-1894
- part of Chester le Street Rural District 1894-1922
- part of Washington Urban District 1922-1974 (Washington New Town from 1964), absorbed by Washington fully in 1937
- part of the Sunderland District of Tyne and Wear from 1974

These records relate to the original township, the Poor Law Union and the civil parish

Poor rates (Ref: UD/Wa 1-7, 11/1)Ref: UD/Wa 1

Poor rate assessment and overseers' account book, 1750 - 28 May 1766

(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 2

Poor rate assessment and overseers' account book, 17 May 1792 - 13 May 1819

(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 3

Poor rate assessment and overseers' account book, 17 May 1819 - 12 May 1829

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 4

Poor rate assessment and overseers' account book, 12 May 1829 - 25 March 1837

(1 volume, calf bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 5

Poor rate assessment and account book, 1 October 1842 - 25 June 1844

(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 6

Poor rate assessment and account book, 23 September 1844 - 25 June 1846

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 7

Poor Rate assessment and account book, 15 September 1859 - 22 December 1864

(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 11/1

Overseers' accounts showing rateable values for township of Great and Little Usworth and North Biddick

(10 papers)

Poor relief (Ref: UD/Wa 8-9)Ref: UD/Wa 8

Overseers' outdoor relief book, 12 May 1829 - 7 May 1830

(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 9

Overseers' outdoor relief book, 11 May 1832 - 24 March 1843

(1 volume, leather quarter bound)

Illegitimacy (Ref: UD/Wa 10)Ref: UD/Wa 10

Bastardy book, 3 May 1822 - 3 May 1833

(1 volume, card bound)

Other records of the overseers of the poor (Ref: UD/Wa 11/2-4)Ref: UD/Wa 11/2

Letter from Local Government Board to Overseers giving notice of local enquiry under Divided Parishes & Poor Law Act 1879, concerning parishes of Great and Little Usworth, 1 November 1881

(2 papers)

Ref: UD/Wa 11/3

Letter from Local Government Board to Parish Council, concerning rescinding of order of 1 May 1837, under which Chester-le-Street Guardians appointed collectors of poor rates for parishes of Great and Little Usworth, 13 July 1904

(1 paper)

Ref: UD/Wa 11/4

Notice from Local Government Board to Chester-le-Street Guardians, concerning rescinding of Orders of 1 May 1837 and 1 July 1875, dealing with appointment and remuneration of collectors of poor rates, 5 August 1904

(1 paper)

Removal orders (Ref: UD/Wa 12)Ref: UD/Wa 12

Overseers' removal order, 1788

(1 paper)

Highway Surveyors' accounts (Ref: UD/Wa 13-15)Ref: UD/Wa 13

Highway surveyors' account book, 25 March 1836 - 25 March 1841

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 14

Highway surveyors' account book, 25 March 1845 - 7 March 1847

(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 15

Highway surveyors' account book, 27 March 1854 - 1 January 1858

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Washington Township - poor relief and highway surveyors (Ref: UD/Wa 18-28)

Washington was a township of Washington parish
- part of Chester le Street Poor Law Union 1834-1930
- a civil parish in 1866, with an elected council from 1894
- part of Chester le Street Rural Sanitary District 1875-1894
- part of Chester le Street Rural District 1894-1922
- central part of Washington Urban District 1922-1974 (Washington New Town from 1964)
- part of the Sunderland District of Tyne and Wear from 1974

These records relate to the Poor Law Union

Overseers of the poor (Ref: UD/Wa 18)Ref: UD/Wa 18

Overseers' accounts and outdoor relief book, 4 May 1835 - 25 March 1837

(1 file)

Poor rates (Ref: UD/Wa 19-26)Ref: UD/Wa 19

Poor rate assessment book, 6 May 1834 - 14 January 1837

(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 20

Poor rate assessment book, 19 May 1837 - 27 December 1843

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 21

Poor rate assessment book, 26 March 1844 - June 1846

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 22

Poor rate assessment book, 4 October 1847 - March 1848

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 23

Poor rate assessment book, 5 April 1848 - 11 July 1849

(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 24

Poor rate assessment book, 20 October 1849 - 18 March 1852

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 25

Poor rate assessment book, 16 June 1852 - 16 June 1854

(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 26

Union rate collection and deposit book, 10 April 1874 - 22 July 1878

(volume, leather quarter-bound)

Highway Surveyors' accounts (Ref: UD/Wa 27-28)Ref: UD/Wa 27

Highway surveyors' account book, 1808 - 27 September 1830

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/Wa 28

Highway surveyors' account book, 3 October 1830 - 12 November 1850

(1 volume, leather half-bound)