Chester le Street Rural District Council
Reference: RD/CS Catalogue Title: Chester le Street Rural District Council Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Housing
Covering Dates: 1894-1974
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- Chester le Street Rural District Council
- Housing (Ref: RD/CS )
- Assessment of housing (Ref: RD/CS (1) 237-238, 356, 557, 696)
- Building of housing (Ref: RD/CS (2))
- Edmondsley Housing Scheme (Ref: RD/CS 276)
- Street naming and numbering (Ref: RD/CS 551)
- Tenants' handbooks (Ref: RD/CS 643/1-3)
- Houses at Ouston, Team Colliery and Urpeth (Ref: RD/CS 662-669)
- Registers of new properties (Ref: RD/CS 697-700)
- Architects' reports (Ref: RD/CS 702)
- Certificates of completion (Ref: RD/CS 239a, 240, 701)
- Demolition of housing (Ref: RD/CS (3) 539, 541)
- Housing correspondence (Ref: RD/CS (4) 357, 421-434, 495, 505, 524, 531, 703)
- Financial records (Ref: RD/CS (5) 435, 704-709)
Catalogue Contents
Housing (Ref: RD/CS )
Also see RD/CS 516, 523 for 'Orders Under Housing Act' relating to public health
Assessment of housing (Ref: RD/CS (1) 237-238, 356, 557, 696)Ref: RD/CS 237Register of houses provided, 1935
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 238Register of houses in clearance areas, 1935
(1 volume, leather half-bound)
Ref: RD/CS 356Returns to Local Government Board under the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890, 1894 - 1914
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 557Copy of Ministry of Health Model Byelaws series IV - Buildings, 1937
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 696Pre-war council housing, organised by geographic area and housing scheme, Birtley, Elisabethville, Barley Mow, Fatfield, Lumley, Bournmoor, Edmondsley, Eighton Banks, Team Colliery, Kibblesworth, Ouston, Urpeth, Pelton, Perkinsville, Sacriston, Nettlesworth, September 1949
(1 volume)
Building of housing (Ref: RD/CS (2))Edmondsley Housing Scheme (Ref: RD/CS 276)Ref: RD/CS 276Edmondsley Housing Scheme contract, 1924 - 1925
(1 file)
Street naming and numbering (Ref: RD/CS 551)Ref: RD/CS 551File of Chester-le-Street R.D.C. plans for proposed changing of street names and numbers at Grange Villa, Portobello, Pelton, Sacriston and Birtley, n.d.
(1 file)
Tenants' handbooks (Ref: RD/CS 643/1-3)Ref: RD/CS 643/1Handbook for tenants of Chester le Street Rural District Council's estates, c.1964
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 643/2Handbook for tenants of Chester le Street Rural District Council's municipal housing estates, February 1952
(1 booklet)
Ref: RD/CS 643/3Handbook for tenants of Chester le Street Rural District Council's estates, 1959
(1 booklet)
Houses at Ouston, Team Colliery and Urpeth (Ref: RD/CS 662-669)Ref: RD/CS 66228 July 1936
(1) John E. Gardner of St. Cuthbert's Road Joinery Works, Gateshead
(2) Chester-le-Street Rural District Council
Contract to build 48 houses at Ouston, at a cost of £16,414 19s.
Includes: proposed layout plan and specifications, 15 January 1936
(2 files)
Ref: RD/CS 663Indemnity by J.E. Gardner and the Local Government Guarantee Society Limited, for contract to build 48 houses at Ouston, 29 June 1936
(1 paper)
Ref: RD/CS 66428 July 1936
(1) J.E. Gardner of St. Cuthbert's Road Joinery Works, Gateshead
(2) Chester-le-Street Rural District Council
Contract to build 22 houses at Team Colliery, at a cost of £8127 10s. 6d.
Includes: proposed layout plans and specifications, 15 May 1935
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 665Indemnity by J.E. Gardner and the Local Government Guarantee Society Limited, for contract to build 22 houses at Team Colliery, 29 June 1936
(1 paper)
Ref: RD/CS 6668 June 1937
(1) J.E. Gardner of St. Cuthbert's Road Joinery Works, Gateshead
(2) Chester-le-Street Rural District Council
Contract to build 49 houses at Urpeth, at a cost of £18,451
Includes: specifications, 6 November 1936
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 667Indemnity by J.E. Gardner Limited and the Local Government Guarantee Society Limited, for contract to build 49 houses at Urpeth, 12 March 1937
(1 paper)
Ref: RD/CS 668Correspondence between the Local Government Guarantee Society Limited and Chester-le-Street Rural District Council, concerning the maintenance contracts for houses at Ouston and Urpeth, built by J.E. Gardner Limited, 18 November - 22 December 1937
(3 papers)
Ref: RD/CS 669Plans of proposed addition of bathroom to house at Sacriston and addition to stables 1931; and plans of Sunniside scheme, n.d., 1970s
(1 bundle)
Registers of new properties (Ref: RD/CS 697-700)Ref: RD/CS 697Register of new dwellings provided with financial assistance by the Chester le Street Rural District Council, 'no.2', 1946 Housing Act, includes type and date of completion of each dwelling, 1953-1956
(1 volume)
Ref: RD/CS 698Register of new dwellings provided for general needs of area by local authority of housing association, 1936-1956 Housing Acts, includes type and date of completion of each dwelling, land for sum clearance, and displacement register, 1956-1973
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 699Register of new dwellings Housing Subsidies Act 1967, for general needs by Chester le Street Rural District Council, register of new dwellings provided for slum and camp clearance
(1 volume)
Ref: RD/CS 700Register of new dwellings provided and approved for the purposes of Part 1 Housing Subsidies Act 1967 24 February 1967-12 March 1974; register of new dwellings for general approved needs Housing act 1961, 29 June 1962-4 September 1970
(1 file)
Architects' reports (Ref: RD/CS 702)Ref: RD/CS 702Copy of architect's report and breakdown of costs by F Bowman to the Rural District Council, for proposed access road to Birtley housing site at Mount Pleasant, c.1955
Originally enclosed in RD/CS 704
(2 papers)
Certificates of completion (Ref: RD/CS 239a, 240, 701)Ref: RD/CS 239aCertificates of completion of houses, 1931 - 1934
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 240Certificates of completion of houses, 1934 - 1935
(1 volume, cloth bound)
Ref: RD/CS 701Sample of certificates of completion relating to the revitalisation of 144 properties at South Pelaw by Pendleton Builders, certificates provided and signed by Ronald F Hall and Associates, originally enclosed in RD/CS 697, 19 December 1972-29 November 1974
(4 papers)
Demolition of housing (Ref: RD/CS (3) 539, 541)Ref: RD/CS 539Demolition orders and related correspondence re Housing Acts 1936, 1938 - 1941
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 541Orders for demolition issued under the Housing Acts 1936, 1939 - 1947
(1 file)
Housing correspondence (Ref: RD/CS (4) 357, 421-434, 495, 505, 524, 531, 703)Ref: RD/CS 357File of correspondence re Housing of the Working Classes Act 1909, concerning the parish of Washington, 17 September 1913 - 5 October 1920
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 421Correspondence concerning housing at Usworth, 1909 - 1919
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 422Correspondence concerning housing at Pelton, 1910 - 1912
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 423Correspondence concerning housing at Harraton, 1913 - 1919
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 424Correspondence concerning housing at Sacriston, 1913 - 1919
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 425Correspondence concerning housing at Usworth, 1913 - 1921
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 426Correspondence concerning housing at Washington, 1913 - 1923
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 427Correspondence concerning housing at Elizabethville, Birtley, 1919 - 1926
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 428Correspondence concerning housing at Usworth, 1919 - 1926
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 429Correspondence concerning housing at Washington, 1920 - 1922
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 430Correspondence concerning housing at Eighton Banks, 1920 - 1923
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 431Correspondence concerning housing at Perkinsville, 1923 - 1925
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 432Correspondence concerning housing at Edmondsley, 1923 - 1927
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 433Correspondence concerning housing at Lumley, 1924 - 1926
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 434Correspondence concerning housing at Elizabethville, Birtley - specifications and description, 1933
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 495File of Chester-le-Street R.D.C. correspondence re granting of subsidies under the Housing Act 1923, 1923 - 1926
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 505File of correspondence re housing, 1925 - 1928
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 524File of correspondence re housing, 2 March 1932 - 31 December 1935
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 531Folder of correspondence re Housing Acts and schemes with surveyor's report and accounts etc., 1935 - 1938
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 703Copy of correspondence from the Principal Housing Officer to the Town Clerk concerning additional fire protection to Airey Rural Houses, 16 July 1948
Originally enclosed in RD/CS 704
(1 paper)
Financial records (Ref: RD/CS (5) 435, 704-709)Ref: RD/CS 435Folder containing provisional balance sheet and appointments for the half year ended 30 September 1911 and account for disinfectant by Chester-le-Street Union, 1911
(1 bundle)
Ref: RD/CS 704Housing Capital Expenditure Book 'no. 1' organised into sites, erections, roads, and sewers, includes schedule of completed purchases of land, 1947-1955
(1 volume)
Ref: RD/CS 705Housing Capital Expenditure Book 'no. 2' organised into sites, erections, roads, and sewers, includes schedule of completed purchases of land, 1956-1968
(1 volume)
Ref: RD/CS 706Housing Capital Expenditure Book 'no. 3' organised into sites, erections, roads, and sewers, includes schedule of completed purchases of land, 1969-1974
(1 volume)
Ref: RD/CS 707Sanctions register, details of permissions for the Rural District Council to borrow money for housing, amount of loan raised, organised into housing, sewerage, scavenging, water supply, highways, and private street works, 1913-1970
(1 volume)
Ref: RD/CS 708Advances from Loans Pool and advances from the capital fund, details of funding sources for improvements to housing stock including post-war housing, 1959-1974
(1 file)
Ref: RD/CS 709Direct Labour Schemes completed, including expenditure, 1954-1955
Originally enclosed in RD/CS 704
(1 paper)
