Catalogue description Houghton le Spring Rural District Council

Council and Committees

RD.HS/1/1-9 Sanitary Authority and District Council, minutes 1872 - 1880, 1903 - 1906, 1917 - 1920, 1924 - 1937 9 volumes

RD.HS/2/1-4 Finance Committee minutes 1897 - 1937 4 volumes

RD.HS/3/1-2 Highways Committee minutes 1896 - 1932 2 volumes

RD.HS/4/1-2 Hospital Committee minutes 1893 - 1936 2 volumes

RD.HS/16/1-4 Housing Committee minutes 1917 - 1936 4 volumes

RD.HS/5 Local Government Committee minutes 1929 - 1935 1 volume

RD.HS/6/1-2 Plans Committee minutes 1913 - 1937 2 volumes

RD.HS/7 Public Offices Committee minutes 1926 1 volume

RD.HS/8 Rating and Valuation Committee minutes 1926 1 volume

RD.HS/9 Sewage Scheme Committee minutes 1916 - 1934 1 volume

RD.HS/10 Special Committees minutes 1926 - 1936 1 volume

RD.HS/11 Coronation Sub-Committee minutes 1937 1 volume

Treasurers Department

RD.HS/12/1-3 Cash books 1931 - 1955 3 volumes

RD.HS/13/1-11 General ledgers 1874 - 1911, 1918 - 1939 11 volumes

Engineers and Surveyors Department

RD.HS/14 Building control plans 1919 - 1936 452 plans

Medical Officer of Health

RD.HS/15/1-2 Annual reports 1906 - 1930 2 volumes

For Mains Sewage Committee minutes, 1896 - 1937 (Joint Committee) see Hetton Urban District Council records, UD/He

For Medical Officer of Health reports 1931 - 1936, see Houghton le Spring Urban District Council Medical Officer of Health, UD/HS/29/2

Houghton le Spring Rural District Council

• Health policy
• Transport policy
• Housing policy

Houghton RDC was formed in 1894, inheriting the functions of the former Rural Sanitary Authority which was set up under the Public Health Act, 1872. It comprised the following parishes - East and Middle Herrington, East Rainton, Great Eppleton, Little Eppleton, Moor House, Moorsley, Morton Grange, Newbottle, Offerton, Penshaw, Silksworth, Warden Law, West Herrington, West Rainton.

By both the Sunderland Corporation Acts of 1927 and 1935 parts of Silksworth CP were transferred to become part of Sunderland County Borough.

By the County of Durham Review Order, 1937, which came into operation on 1 April 1937, Houghton le Spring Rural District was abolished.

Great Eppleton, Little Eppleton, Moorsley and part of East Rainton civil parishes became part of Hetton Urban District. Part of East Rainton, part of Morton Grange, part of Newbottle, part of Penshaw, part of West Herrington and part of West Rainton joined Houghton le Spring Urban District.

Moor House, part of Morton Grange and part of West Rainton civil parishes became part of Durham Rural District. Warden Law became part of Easington Rural District. East and Middle Herrington, Offerton, Silksworth, part of Newbottle, part of Penshaw and part of West Herrington civil parishes became part of Sunderland Rural District.

The R.D.C. participated in the North-East Durham Joint Town Planning Committee (see UD/Bo/12-16) and was one of the constituent authorities in the Houghton le Spring and Hetton Joint Smallpox Hospital Board (see HB/HSH)

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