Catalogue description HORSHAM Rural District Council

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Details of RD/HO
Reference: RD/HO
Title: HORSHAM Rural District Council
Description:

PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES

 

RD/HO/1. Minutes of Council Meetings, 1882-1950

 

RD/HO/3. Minutes of Committee Meetings, 1914-1936

 

RD/HO/8. Byelaws and Sealed Orders, 1899-1955

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT

 

RD/HO/12. Agreements, Contracts, Mortgages, 1902-1951

 

RD/HO/16. Plans deposited for approval under local byelaws, 1923-1948

 

RD/HO/18. Registers of plans deposited for approval under local byelaws, 1982

 

RD/HO/20. Records of local land charges, 1948-1965

 

RD/HO/21. Correspondence, 1887-1890

 

RD/HO/23. Public Enquiries Papers, 1969-1972

 

RD/HO/24. Miscellaneous, 1899-1960

 

FINANCE

 

Final Accounts

 

RD/HO/30. General Ledgers, 1889-1970

 

RD/HO/31. Estimates, Abstracts, Financial Statements, 1968-1972

 

Second Stage Accounts

 

RD/HO/32. General "Treasurer's" Accounts, 1917-1926

 

RD/HO/34. Valuation Lists, 1927-1959

 

RD/HO/35. Rate Books, 1927-1957

 

RD/HO/36. Summons and Costs of Collection Accounts, 1939-1947

 

RD/HO/37. Rating Miscellaneous, 1927-1956

 

RD/HO/38. Housing Accounts, 1920-1923

 

RD/HO/39. Rent Accounts, 1933-1962

 

RD/HO/41. Records of Wages and Salaries, 1925-1945

 

RD/HO/43. Register of loans and mortgages raised, 1888-1969

 

RD/HO/44. Loans Ledgers, 1926-1943

 

RD/HO/46. Grants to house owners, 1953-1958

 

RD/HO/47. Loans miscellaneous, 1923-1962

 

RD/HO/50. Other miscellaneous accounts and records, 1930-1947

 

COUNCIL HOUSING

 

RD/HO/52. Miscellaneous, 1946-1948

 

SURVEYOR AND ENGINEER

 

RD/HO/53. Working Plans, 1902-1936

 

MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH

 

RD/HO/57. Annual Reports, 1875-1972

 

RD/HO/58. Registers, 1918-1967

 

RD/HO/59. Miscellaneous, 1940-1943

 

PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR

 

RD/HO/59A. Reports, 1925-1973

 

RD/HO/61. Registers, 1916-1964

 

RD/HO/63. Miscellaneous, 1958-1966

 

RECORDS OF SPECIAL STATUTORY AUTHORITIES

 

RD/HO/66. Crawley, Ifield, Rusper and Worth Ward Joint Fire Protection Committee, 1932-1940
Date: 1875 - 1972
Held by: West Sussex Record Office, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Horsham Rural District Council, 1875-1972
Physical description: 33 series
Subjects:
  • West Sussex
  • Horsham, West Sussex
  • Local government
Administrative / biographical background:

A Rural Sanitary Authority was probably formed for Horsham Union in 1872 under the Public Health Act of that year, though the earliest minutes to survive date from 1882. In January 1895, it became Horsham Rural District Council under the terms of the Local Government Act of 1894.

 

There have been several changes in the boundaries of Horsham R.D.C. and of its constituent parishes. The main changes have been tabulated below. Full details of all changes and the reference numbers of the appropriate orders and plans may be found in Boundary Changes in West Sussex (W.S.R.O. MP 1348).

 

Lower Beeding : 1933, part of Crawley added to Lower Beeding. 1956, part of Crawley added to Lower Beeding and part of Lower Beeding added to Crawley to form Crawley Urban District. 1972, part of Lower Beeding added to Nuthurst and part of Nuthurst added to Lower Beeding.

 

Billingshurst : 1933, part of Pulborough transferred from Thakeham Rural District to Horsham Rural District and added to Billingshurst.

 

Cowfold : 1896, transferred from Cuckfield Rural District to Horsham Rural District.

 

Crawley : 1895, boundary of East and West Sussex altered so that Crawley was in West Sussex. 1933, parts of Crawley added to Lower Beeding and Rusper. 1956, Crawley Urban District formed from parts of Crawley and Lower Beeding. At the same time parts of Crawley were added to Lower Beeding and Rusper.

 

West Grinstead : nil.

 

Horsham Rural : 1894, that part of Horsham outside of the Local Board district was named Horsham Rural parish. 1901, part of Horsham Rural added to Horsham Urban District. 1927, part of Horsham Rural added to Horsham Urban District. 1933, part of Warnham added to Horsham Rural. 1972, part of Horsham Rural added to Warnham.

 

Ifield : 1933, Ifield added to Crawley to form Crawley parish.

 

Itchingfield : nil.

 

Nuthurst : 1933, part of Nuthurst added to Cowfold. 1972, part of Nuthurst added to Lower Beeding and part of Lower Beeding added to Nuthurst.

 

Rudgwick : nil.

 

Rusper : 1956, part of Crawley added to Rusper. 1972, part of Rusper added to Warnham and part of Warnham added to Rusper.

 

Shipley : nil.

 

Slinfold : nil.

 

Warnham : 1933, part of Warnham added to Horsham Rural. 1972, part of Horsham Rural added to Warnham, part of Rusper added to Warnham and part of Warnham added to Rusper.
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