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Winston Civil Parish

Reference: CP/Wi Catalogue Title: Winston Civil Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1895-1959

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  • Winston Civil Parish
    • Winston Parish Council (Ref: CP/Wi 1-19)
    • Minutes (Ref: CP/Wi 1)
    • Financial records (Ref: CP/Wi 2-4)
    • Correspondence (Ref: CP/Wi 5-6)
    • Standing orders (Ref: CP/Wi 7)
    • Byelaws (Ref: CP/Wi 8-10)
    • Bonds (Ref: CP/Wi 11-14)
    • Telegraph (Ref: CP/Wi 15)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: CP/Wi 16-17)
    • Durham County Playing Fields Association (Ref: CP/Wi18-19)

Catalogue Contents

Winston Parish Council (Ref: CP/Wi 1-19)

Winston was the sole township of Winston parish
- part of Teesdale Poor Law Union 1834-1930
- a civil parish in 1866, with an elected council from 1895
- 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/Wi 1)Ref: CP/Wi 1

Minute book of Winston Parish Council, 5 February 1895 - 20 April 1925
(1 volume, card bound)

Financial records (Ref: CP/Wi 2-4)Ref: CP/Wi 2

Audited and signed annual financial statements of the parish of Winston, 31 March 1919 and 31 March 1920
(2 booklets)

Ref: CP/Wi 3

Audited and signed annual financial statements of the parish of Winston, 31 March 1922 - 31 March 1927
(6 booklets)

Ref: CP/Wi 4

Audited and signed annual financial statements of the parish of Winston, 31 March 1929 - 31 March 1956
(28 booklets)

Correspondence (Ref: CP/Wi 5-6)Ref: CP/Wi 5

Miscellaneous correspondence addressed to the Clerk of Winston Parish Council concerning matters including allotments, telephone kiosks, seats, sewerage, footpaths, public lighting and the Winston road diversion, 15 February 1935 - 27 February 1959
(1 file)

Ref: CP/Wi 6

Letters to the Clerk of Winston Parish Council, Winston, Darlington, from the Community Service Council for County Durham, Hallgarth House, Hallgarth Street, Durham City, requesting financial donations, 24 November 1952, 16 December 1954, April 1958 and September 1959
(6 papers and 1 file)

Standing orders (Ref: CP/Wi 7)Ref: CP/Wi 7

Standing Orders of the Parish Council of Winston, 15 April 1895
(1 booklet)

Byelaws (Ref: CP/Wi 8-10)Ref: CP/Wi 8

Barnard Castle Rural District Council bye-laws with respect to slaughter-houses, 1907
(1 booklet)

Ref: CP/Wi 9

Barnard Castle Rural District Council bye-laws made under Section 81 of the Public Health Act, 1936, with respect to nuisances, 1936
(1 booklet)

Ref: CP/Wi 10

Barnard Castle Rural District Council bye-laws made under Section 15 of The Food and Drugs Act, 1938, 1938
(1 booklet)

Bonds (Ref: CP/Wi 11-14)Ref: CP/Wi 11

8 May 1896 (1) Frederick Edmund Ladgrove, rector of Winston, Treasurer of the Parish Council of Winston (2) John Robinson, Newsham, Winston, farmer, and Joseph Lowes Thompson of Westholme, Winston, gent., the sureties (3) The Parish Council of Winston A treasurer's bond whereby (1) and (2) bind themselves to (3) in a sum of £70
(1 paper)

Ref: CP/Wi 12

3 May 1909 (1) Joseph Swinbank of Highcliffe, Winston, farmer, Treasurer of the Parish Council of Winston (2) Robert W. Simpson, Church Farm, Winston, farmer, and George Richardson, Whorley Hill, Winston, farmer, the sureties (3) The Parish Council of Winston A treasurer's bond whereby (1) and (2) bind themselves to (3) in a sum of £70
(1 paper)

Ref: CP/Wi 13

9 May 1910 (1) Robert Woodliffe Simpson of Winston, farmer, Treasurer of the Parish Council of Winston (2) Joseph Swinbank, Highcliffe, Winston, farmer, and George Richardson, Whorley Hill, Winston, farmer, his sureties (3) The Parish Council of Winston A treasurer's bond whereby (1) and (2) bind themselves to (3) in a sum of £70
(1 paper)

Ref: CP/Wi 14

19 May 1919 (1) Fred Richardson, Walker Hall, Winston, farmer, Treasurer of the Parish Council of Winston (2) Frederick Scarth Beadon, Newsham Hall, Winston, farmer, and Thomas Walton, Primrose Hill, Winston, gent., sureties (3) The Parish Council of Winston A treasurer's bond whereby (1) and (2) bind themselves to (3) in a sum of £70
(1 paper)

Telegraph (Ref: CP/Wi 15)Ref: CP/Wi 15

4 March 1907 (1) Parish Council of Winston (2) His Majesty's Postmaster-General Agreement to open and work a telegraph office at the Post Office at Winston
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: CP/Wi 16-17)Ref: CP/Wi 16

Illustrated leaflets, issued by the War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem giving details of how to organise and run Red Cross Victory Garden Weeks, 1943
(2 booklets)

Ref: CP/Wi 17

Make this a Festival of Flowers, an illustrated leaflet concerning the Festival of Britain, by Marguerite James, 1951
(1 booklet)

Durham County Playing Fields Association (Ref: CP/Wi18-19)Ref: CP/Wi 18

Annual report of Durham County Playing Fields Association, 1956
(1 booklet)

Ref: CP/Wi 19

Annual report of Durham County Playing Fields Association, 1957
(1 booklet)



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