The Local Government Act of 1894 created elected parish councils
in places with a population of 300 or more, and allowed them to be
created for those in the 100-299 range. These new councils took
over the civil responsibilities of parish vestries before 1894.
Until 1930 they were empowered to collect the poor rate.
Peterborough Archives Service holds Parish Council records
for:
Northborough
- Parish council minute books 1894-1966 and 1939-1970; receipt
and payment book; 1836-1919; Northborough Inclosure Award 1820
(including copy of Act and original inclosure map)
Huntingdon Record Office holds Parish Council records for:
Farcet
- 1894-1984: minute books 1894-1975; correspondence files
1894-1976; financial records 1895-1981; insurance records
1908-1981; papers re election of officers; applications for parish
clerk 1894-1983; burial board records 1899-1984.
Gunthorpe Parish
- Poor rate book 1914-1918.
Longthorpe Parish
- Poor and sanitary rate books 1912-1918.
Maxey
- Parish Council minute book 1894-1948; financial records
1895-1967; correspondence files 1895-1974; papers re election of
officers 1913-1965; papers and overseers, printed material.
Parish of Peterborough Within
- Poor and sanitary rate books 1912-1918.
Parish of Peterborough Without
- Poor and sanitary rate books 1912-1917.
Walton parish
- Poor and sanitary rates 1912-1917.
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