GB0218.D558
GB0218.D558
GB0218.D558

Summary Information

Repository
Gwent Archives
Creator
Goldcliff Parish Council.
Creator
Whitson Parish Council.
Title
Whitson and Goldcliff Parish Councils, Records
ID
GB0218.D558
Date
1882-1965
Extent
0.044 Cubic Metres
Language
English

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Biographical/Historical note

Parish Councils were formed under the Local Government Act 1894 to have oversight of various amenities for rural areas. In Wales, Parish Councils became Community Councils under the Local Government Act 1972. Whitson became part of Goldcliff Community Council.

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Scope and Contents note

Records of Whitson Parish Council (1894-1965). The first Minute Book of Whitson Parish Council 1894-1927 also includes Whitson Vestry Meeting minutes 1882-1894. Some records relating to Goldcliff Parish Council ([1923], 1954-1963), and records of shared activities of the two Councils.

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Arrangement note

Whitson Parish Council: General Administration (including Whitson Vestry Meeting pre-1894), Correspondence, Finance, Recreation ground account, Parish activities. Goldcliff Parish Council.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 Gwent Archives

Conditions Governing Access note

There are no restrictions on access.

Conditions Governing Use note

Usual copyright conditions apply.

Appraisal note

It is not known whether all records were retained.

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials note

Further records of Whitson Parish Council (afterwards Whitson Community Council) are at Gwent Archives (D3071)

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Other Finding Aids note

Copies of finding aids are available at Gwent Archives.

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Collection Inventory

General Administration 

 D558 Minute Book - Whitson Vestry Meeting, March 1882-1894 Parish Meeting, 1894-1927 Includes minutes of special meetings in connection with the provision of a parish hall for the two parishes of Whitson and Goldcliff, 1921 Hall Managment Committee, 1921 General meetings, 1922-1924 Minute Book - Whitson Parish meeting, 1928-1955 Includes minutes of parish hall management and general meetings, 1921-1955 Minutes of Goldcliff Parish Meeting, November 1949 Combined meetings of Whitson and Goldcliff Parishes for Coronation Celebrations, June 1950, 1952-1954 1882-1954 

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Correspondence 

 D558 ''Poor Land'' and recreation ground, 1930. Bundle of general correspondence etc. including- Wayleave agreement - Recreation ground S. Wales Elecricity Board and Parish Meeting, 12 May 1953 Parochial documents, 1954 Parish Councils Act, 1957 Audit of Accounts (exclusion of Parish Hall a/cs), 1959 Local Govt. Boundary Commission, 1959 Financial Statements (Parishes) Regulations, 1961 Street Lighting Orders, 1961-1962 Review of Speed Limits, 1964 Rate relief, Parish Hall, 1963 Survey of derelict land, 1965 Bundle of Correspondence, Site for steelworks at Llanwern, 1959-1960 1930-1960 

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Finance 

 D558 Whitson Parish Meeting - Financial Statements Year ending 31 March 1930 - Year ending 31 March 1932 Year ending 31 March 1934 - Year ending 31 March 1936 Year ending 31 March 1939 - Year ending 31 March 1940 Year ending 31 March 1943 Year ending 31 March 1945 - Year ending 31 March 1946 Whitson Parish Meeting - Receipt and Payment Book, Year ending 31 March 1938 - Year ending 31 March 1957. 1930-1957 

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Recreation ground account 

 D558 Post Office Savings Bank Book, 1892-1926 Account Book, 1926-1948 Bank Statements, Jun 1936-Nov 1946 Bank ''paying in'' Book, Mar 1946-Apr 1946 Poor ground Account Book, 1914-1926 1892-1948 

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Parish Activities 

 D558 Whitson and Goldcliff Parish Hall Receipt and Expenditure Book, Aug 1921-Jul 1944 Bank Statements, Nov 1946-Aug 1955 Bank paying in book, Apr 1957-Mar 1961 Whitson and Goldcliffe Welcome Home Fund Minute and Account Book, May 1944-Nov 1945 Bank paying in book, Jun 1944-Nov 1945 1921-1961 

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Goldcliff Parish Council 

 D558 Bundle of correspondence etc. including- Parish documents, 1954 Proposed site for steelworks at Llanwern, 1959-1960 Commons Act, 1899, Little Common, Nash, 1962 Welsh Shiping Agency Bill, 1962-1963 Sale Notice of the Farmers Arms, Goldcliff, 1923 Plans and books of references in connection with Welsh Shipping Agency Bill, 1962-1963 1923-1963 

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