Catalogue description Chester le Street Rural District Council

Finance

RD/CS/4/1-3 Water rate books for Washington, Barmston, Harraton and Usworth parishes, 1913 - 1915 (3 volumes)

Engineer/Surveyor

RD/CS/1 Addresses index to building control plans relating to the parishes of Birtley and Lamesley, 1964 - 1974 (23 papers)

RD/CS/2 Building plans and planning applications relating to the parish of Birtley, 1955 - 1970 (1437 packets)

RD/CS/3 Building plans relating to the parish of Lamesley, 1938 - 1953, 1967 - 1974 (230 packets)

RD/CS/5 Building plans relating to Birtley and Lamesley parishes, 1971 - 1974 (18 packets)

RD/CS/6 Index to Building Control plans, Birtley and Lamesley, 1971 - 1974 (1 volume)

The main records of Chester le Street R.D. are held at Durham County Record Office.

See also, Sunderland Metropolitan District (MD/Su) and Sunderland County Borough (CB/Su)

Chester le Street Rural District Council

Accession numbers T305, T480 and 219 (part)

Records of Birtley and Lamesley CP's were transferred to Tyne and Wear Archives Service as part of the records of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough.

Part of the County of Durham from its creation in 1894 to its abolition in 1974. On 1 April 1974 Lamesley Civil Parish and part of Birtley Civil Parish became part of the newly-created metropolitan district of Gateshead. Records relating to these areas were therefore transferred to Gateshead. Another part of Birtley became part of Sunderland Metropolitan District, along with parts of Harraton C.P. and South Biddick C.P. The remainder of the former rural district became part of the newly-created Chester le Street District.

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