Catalogue description Shitlington Parish Council Papers

This collection comprises

Minute books

Parish Council minute books 1894-1971; Shitlington Local Committee minute book 1929-1946.

Various papers connected with cemeteries including

Contract for building wall at Middlestown 1933; Home Office approval of fees 1939; licenses for burials prior to consecration and duplicate sentences of consecration 1930; fees table and correspondence 1956-1964; specification for bier nd; conveyance of Middlestown site from M Fearnsides to the Parish Council and abstract of title from 1874, 1929; mortgage to Public Works Loan Commissioners 1929.

Various papers connected with footpaths including

Contract for tar macadamisation of footpaths at Hartley Bank 1933; agreement and plan of footbridge over Calder 1924; West Riding County Council by-law as to cycles on specific footpaths including Sitlington 1950.

Various papers connected with commons including

Letters as to Stocksmoor Common 1917.

Various papers connected with allotments including

Receipts for water tap loose keys at Windy Bank allotments 1941; plan of site of Windy Bank allotments nd; Windy Bank allotments conveyance of land from A Pickles to C H Moxon and abstract of title from 1898, 1924; Windy Bank allotments conveyance of land from C H Moxon to H Bentley and abstract of title from 1898, 1924; Windy Bank allotments conveyance of land from H Bentley to the Parish Council, 1929; Windy Bank allotments conveyance of land from C H Moxon to the Parish Council, 1929; agreement for tenancy of Middlestown allotments from the West Riding War Agreement Executive to Parish Council 1919; valuation of tenant right of two acres of Allotts Farm, Middlestown allotments 1920; lease of land for Middlestown allotments from G Smith to the Parish Council 1921; lease of land for Middlestown allotments from W E Smith to the Parish Council 1935, and latter 1928; agreement regarding stay with Yorkshire Electricity Board at Woodside Poultry Farm, Middlestown 1955.

Various miscellaneous papers

West Riding County Council by-law as to litter 1930; application & order concerning the application of Ingham's Thornhill Collieries, Ltd under Mines Acts 1926; West Riding County Council Act 1951; West Riding County Council, parish councillors election order 1937; agreement for erection and maintenance of telephone kiosks 1926; officers bond as Parish Council treasurer 1926; printed Parish Council standing orders nd; property stay agreement with Yorkshire Electricity Board 1951; specifications and quantities for wooden hut for Parish Council nd; plan of new bridge and approaches at Horbury nd; mortgage to Public Works Loan Commissioners and correspondence concerning street lighting 1950; street lighting electricity supply agreement 1931-1949.

Shitlington Parish Council

• West Riding County Council
• Shitlington, Thornhill, West Riding of Yorkshire

This collection was deposited, on loan, in May 1976.