NOTES FOR PAGES 13-27
| WRO= Whitehaven Record Office & Local Studies Library | CRO= Carlisle Record Office |
| WRDC=Whitehaven Rural District Council | ERDC=Ennerdale Rural District Council |
| HHC=Health & Housing Committee | WGPC=Works & General Purposes Committee |
| Page & topic | Notes |
| 13: Applications for new houses | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: passim from late 1936 onward, including many in early 1938. Those suffering serious overcrowding were given priority for any houses which were surplus to clearance requirements |
| 13: Whale family | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Eligha Whale, 93 Foundry Road, to ERDC Housing Committee, 22 Sep 1938
+ reply from ERDC Clerk, 11 Oct 1938 |
| 13: Parish Council complaint | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to ERDC Clerk, 29 Aug 1938- reminding ERDC that when they originally asked for new houses, they meant more, not replacements for demolition
+ reply, 1 Sep 1938- advising that the matter would be discussed at the next council meeting + additional reply, 13 Oct 1938- that the matter would be considered further when the current rehousing programme was complete |
| 13: Robert Robinson | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Robert Robinson, 125 Main Street, Parton, to ERDC Clerk, 28 Jul 1936
+ reply from ERDC Assistant Clerk, 23 Oct 1936 |
| 13: EXTRA shop case | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Jane Bell, Briscoe Crescent, to ERDC Acting Clerk, 10 Oct 1936- request for permission to build a lock-up shop (grocery & general goods) on the new estate; annotated in pencil "deferred" |
| 13: Stanley Fisher (part 1) | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: Stanley Fisher, 72 Main Street, to ERDC, 14 Nov 1938- concerning his shop at 99 Main Street
+ forwarded to NEHA 15 Nov 1938 + NEHA Secretary reply to ERDC Clerk, 16 Nov 1938 |
| 13: Council attempts to solve shops problem | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Clerk to MoH Secretary, 16 Jan 1939
+ reply, 25 Jan 1939 + reply, ERDC Clerk to MoH Secretary, 13 Mar 1939 + WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: reply, MoH to ERDC Clerk, 5 Apr 1939 + ERDC Minutes: HHC, 26 Apr 1939, item 20 |
| 13-14: Stanley Fisher (part 2) | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: Stanley Fisher to ERDC Clerk, 22 Jun 1939 (passed to NEHA)
+ [Part 3- see page 20] |
| 14-15: Clearance Orders 8-15 + Public Inquiry | WRO SRDE 1/3/1 (Unnumbered files) Boxes 2 + 3: files for each Clearance Area, including information requisitions, inspection reports, objections & other correspondence + WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): duplicated sheet "Order of Hearing- Housing Inquiry. Tuesday, 9th May, 1939." (file also contains some other Clearance Orders correspondence) |
| 15: First new houses completed | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: ERDC Clerk to V.P.Glanville Esq., NEHA Cumberland Branch Manager, 33 Curzon Street, Maryport, 24 Apr 1939- agreement to proposed rents
+ NEHA Branch Manager to ERDC Clerk, 9 May 1939: first 12 tenants to take possession 15 May at agreed rents- A1 5/9 ( + rates 2/1); A2 7/6 ( +2/7); A3 8/6 ( +3/0) A4 9/0 ( +3/6) + WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(2): notices to quit, relating to Clearance Orders 1 & 2 (dated 30 Mar 1939, some ordering tenants to quit by 28 Apr 1939 but most with blank where this date should be) |
| 15: Names of new roads | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 31 May 1939, item 39 |
| 15: Occupation dates of new houses | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 28 Jun 1939, item 69 (34 occupied)
+ 26 Jul 1939, item 74 (12 more occupied) |
| 15-16: Unallocated dwellings | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 27 Sep 1939, item 115
+ 29 Nov 1939, item 168 |
| 16: Repossession | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 29 Nov 1939, item 169 |
| 16: Sites for new housing | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: NEHA Branch Manager to ERDC Clerk, 25 Aug 1939- concerning letter dated 7 Jul 1939 from Mr Brown [probably new ERDC Surveyor, not Parton P.C. Clerk] about site proposed for new development, asking if ERDC would be willing to buy any parts not needed for housing
+ ERDC Minutes: HHC, 27 Sep 1939, item 112- putting question about surplus land before the Committee (who resolved to agree), and referring to letter from NEHA, 28 Aug 1939 stating that the District Valuer has been asked to negotiate for land purchase |
| 16: Rent problem | [see page 15 note above, "First new houses completed" for rent levels being challenged]
ERDC Minutes: HHC, 28 Jun 1939, item 67
+ full council, 12 Jul 1939, item 34- resolution stating that rents (plus rates) on the Rehousing Schemes should not exceed: A1 type, 7/6; A2, 8/9; A3, 9/9; A4, 11/6; and requesting help from NEHA and the District Commissioner for the Special Areas to gain the necessary subsidies from MoH + WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: MoH to ERDC Clerk, 25 Aug 1939- notification of grant increase + NEHA Branch Manager to ERDC Clerk, 6 Sep 1939- in view of grant increase, rents (without rates) to be reduced to A1 type, 5/1; A2, 6/10; A3, 7/10; A4, 8/4 + ERDC Minutes: HHC, 27 Sep 1939, item 113- announcement of above letters + HHC, 25 Oct 1939, item 141- referring to formal agreement with NEHA embodying the above changes |
| 16: A.R.P. network & classes | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/133(2): ERDC duplicated notes on timetable for anti-gas training, 9 Dec 1938
+ ERDC Clerk to Parton P.C. Clerk, 4 Feb 1939 |
| 16: December blackout exercise | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/133(2): Workington details, 16-17 Dec 1939
+ ERDC Clerk to County Treasurer, 20 Mar 1939- ERDC expenses list for exercise |
| 16: Lowca A.R.P. classes | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/133(2): T. Crellin, Lowca Parish Council Clerk, to ERDC Clerk, 11 Jan 1939
+ reply, 13 Jan 1939 + provisional arrangement following Hill's visit, 16 Jan 1939 |
| 16: Medical personnel list | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/133(2): Capt. Geo. Hill, Workington, to Dr. Innis, Medical Officer of Health, Whitehaven, 17 Jan 1939- list has names, addresses, ages & occupations (e.g. Mrs M. Chester, Beach House, 35, housewife) |
| 17: A.R.P. classes delay | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to ERDC Clerk, 2 Feb 1939
+ WRO SRDE 1/3/1/133(2): reply, 4 Feb 1939 + ERDC Clerk to Rev. T.W. Coles, Moresby Rectory, 4 Feb 1939 + reply, 6 Feb 1939 (on postcard with black-letter printed heading "From the Rev. T.W. Coles, Moresby Rectory, Whitehaven.") + ERDC Clerk to Parton P.C. Clerk, 8 Feb 1939 |
| 17: Gas van | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/133(2): ERDC Clerk to the Chief Constable, Cumberland & Westmorland Constabulary, Penrith, 17 Feb 1939
+ reply, 18 Feb 1939- confirming booking of Gas Van No. 36, for 2.30pm, 18 Mar |
| 17: Gas-mask fittings | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/133(2): H. O'Neill, 33 Main Street, to ERDC Clerk, 13 Mar 1939
+ reply, 20 Mar 1939- beginning "I have this morning received your letter dated 13th March."... + O'Neill to ERDC Clerk, 22 Mar 1939 + reply, 23 Mar 1939 |
| 17: Respirator allocation | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/133(2): County Council Clerk to ERDC Clerk, 22 Apr 1939 |
| 17: Col. Johnston | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/133(2): ERDC Clerk to Cumberland County Council Clerk (C.W. Allan Hodgson- also acting as Deputy County Controller for war purposes), 18 May 1939- reporting council resolution to appoint Johnston, 10 May |
| 17: Respirator distribution | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/133(2): report of 19 May 1939- respirators were assembled at Cleator Moor from parts supplied
+ according to regular progress reports, by 22 Jul 1939, respirators had been distributed to almost all parishes in ERDC |
| 17: A.R.P. personnel EXTRA | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/133(2): A.R.P. report dated Jun 1939- ERDC has 177 Wardens, 35 "first aid parties" (all male), 40 "first aid posts" (7 male 33 female), 18 ambulances (all f), 9 "cars for sitting cases" (all f), 4 messengers (all m). Urban areas such as Whitehaven & Workington also had other facilities such as decontamination squads, control & report centres, light & heavy rescue parties. |
| 17: May black-out exercise | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/133(2): various preparatory items in sequence at May 1939
+ undated notes by Johnston, in sequence at early June |
| 17: A.R.P. Wardens in school premises | CRO CC 4/1/20 (formerly County Council Clerk's Dept. file A.R.P. 32 D): report of inspection, 19 & 21 Oct 1940
+ Deputy County Controller to Senior Regional Officer, Manchester, 15 Nov 1940 + Deputy County Controller to Col. R.W. Burnyeat, Town Hall, Whitehaven, 8 Apr 1941 + reply from Col. Johnston (sent to Cumberland County Council Clerk) mentioning move from Infants' School "some time ago" |
| 17: 15 Post Office Lane | CRO CC 4/1/20: report of inspection, 19 & 21 Oct 1940 |
| 17: 9 & 11 Main Street proposals | CRO CC 4/1/20: J. Nesbitt & Sons, estate agents, Whitehaven, to County Council Clerk, 13 Nov 1940
+ County Architect to County Council Clerk, 15 Nov 1940 |
| 18: 9 & 11 Main Street negotiations confusion | CRO CC 4/1/20: Deputy County Controller to County Architect, 15 Nov 1940
+ County Architect to County Council Clerk, 20 Nov 1940 + Deputy County Controller to Nesbitt & Sons., 21 Nov 1940 + Nesbitt & Sons to C.W. Allan Hodgson, Deputy County Controller, 28 Nov 1940 |
| 18: 9 & 11 Main Street conversion cost | CRO CC 4/1/20: County Architect to County Council Clerk, 31 Jan 1941
+ Senior Regional Officer, Manchester, to County Council Clerk, 14 Feb 1941 + County Architect to County Council Clerk, 25 Feb 1941 + Deputy County Controller to Senior Regional Officer, Manchester, 18 Mar 1941 (based on previous version dated 26 Feb 1941) |
| 18: Confusion over Domestic Science Centre | CRO CC 4/1/20: A. Taylor, Buildings Inspectorate, Cleator Moor, to John H. Haughan, County Architect, 31 Mar 1941
+ Deputy County Controller to Col. R.W. Burnyeat, Town Hall, Whitehaven, 8 Apr 1941 + reply from Lt. Col. P.D.C. Johnston, Chief A.R.P. Warden, Ennerdale Rural District, to County Council Clerk, c11 Apr 1941 |
| 18: Sand & ladders | ERDC Minutes: Works & General Purposes Committee, 29 Jan 1941, item 179- discussing letter from Mr J. Holliday, Parton Deputy A.R.P. Warden, 3 Jan 1941
+ Works & General Purposes Committee, 26 Feb 1941, item 197 |
| 18: Clearance Order | CRO CC 4/1/20: County Architect to Deputy County Controller, 3 Apr 1941
+ Deputy County Controler to ERDC Clerk, 5 Apr 1941 + ERDC Minutes: HHC, 30 Apr 1941, item 23 + reply to Deputy County Controller, 19 May 1941 |
| 18: Thanks to Mr Corlett | CRO CC 4/1/20: Deputy County Controller to R.C. Corlett Esq., Pulsford House, Parton, 25 Apr 1941
+ bemused reply from Corlett (to letter dated 26 Apr?), 1 May 1941 |
| 18-19: Electricity for new Wardens' post | CRO CC 4/1/20: County Architect to Deputy County Controller, 17 Apr 1941
+ reply, 18 Apr 1941 + County Architect to Deputy County Controller, 28 Apr 1941 + reply, 1 May 1941 + Deputy County Controller to County Architect, 21 Jun 1941 + reply (also copied to Col. Johnston), 23 Jun 1941 |
| 19: Public air raid shelters | CRO CC4/1/171 (formerly County Council file No. A.R.P. 364 D): advice from ERDC Surveyor (Mr Brown), 27 Nov 1940
+ ERDC Minutes: Works & General Purposes Commitee, 24 Sep 1941, item 104- discussing letter from Parton Parish Council, 15 Sep 1941 |
| 19: Alan Baker, 1939 | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Alan Baker, 12 Sea View, to ERDC Clerk, 9 Nov 1939
+ standard letter from MoH attached + Lancashire Congregational Union Moderator to ERDC, 6 Dec 1939 + background information from WRO D/FCCL2/5: Parton Congregational Church Minute Book, 1937-41 |
| 19: Alan Baker, 1940 | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/54: Baker to ERDC Clerk, 11 Jul 1940
+ shortlist for new tenancies, dated 8 Jul 1940 + reply to Baker, 24 Jul 1940 + further reply following council discussion, 19 Aug 1940 + General Register Office indexes: Jul-Sep quarter 1940, marriage of Alan Baker & Dorothy Stewart at Wrexham (or Wroxham ! ) + WRO D/FCCL2/5: Baker resigns, Dec 1940 + Whitehaven News, 9 Jan 1941- report of Baker's move to Southport last week |
| 20: Demolition problem, 1940 | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 24 Apr 1940, item 28
+ HHC, 25 Sep 1940, item 118, citing letter from Parton P.C., 21 Aug 1940 |
| 20: Demolition problem, 1942 | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 28 Jan 1942, item 207
+ HHC, 25 Feb 1942, item 226 + HHC, 29 Apr 1942, item 16, citing letter from MoH, 14 Apr 1942. resolved that Councillors Brady & Crookdake report back to next meeting- but not mentioned in minutes of next meeting |
| 20: Demolition solution | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1):- correspondence file relating to demolitions |
| 20: 9 & 11 Main Street | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): ERDC Clerk to W. Wandless Esq. JP, Bransty, 17 Jan 1944- re his purchase of the properties from the executors of the late Mrs M.E. Bowen |
| 20: Warnings, May 1943 | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): standard letters from ERDC Clerk, 13 May 1943
+ reply from Matthew Brown & Co., 15 May 1943 [NB most correspondence with was Brown's Whitehaven office, not the Blackburn headquarters] |
| 20: Warnings, Aug 1943 | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): standard letters from ERDC Clerk, 13 Aug 1943
+ reply from Matthew Brown & Co., 17 Aug 1943 |
| 20: Reminders to non-responders, Aug 1943 | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): standard letters from ERDC Clerk, 26 Aug 1943 |
| 20: Brown & Co. explanation | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): Matthew Brown & Co. to ERDC Clerk, 26 Aug 1943 |
| 20: Stalker & Hutchinson, Sep 1943 | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): individual letters from ERDC Clerk to W. Stalker & H. Hutchinson, 10 Sep 1943 |
| 20: Brown & Co. proposal | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): ERDC Clerk to Matthew Brown & Co., 17 Dec 1943
+ reply, 22 Jan 1944 + ERDC Clerk to Matthew Brown & Co., 3 Mar 1944 |
| 20: Demolition tenders | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): Tender from J.B. Mossop, 55 Church Street, Whitehaven, 23 Mar 1944
+ acceptance of tender from A.E. Mossop, 8 Preston Street, Whitehaven, 1 Apr 1944 + various items relating to conveyance of properties to be demolished |
| 20-21: Stanley Fisher (part 3)- + Robinson (part 2) | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): ERDC to S. Fisher, 5 Jun 1944- re 99/101 Main Street, occupied as a store & shop
+ ERDC Minutes: HHC, 21 Jun 1944, item 43 + HHC, 19 Jul 1944, item 60 + HHC, 20 Sep 1944, item 85 + HHC, 20 Dec 1944, item 142 |
| 21: Safety gate | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: Parton P.C. Clerk (S. Inglesfield, Lamplugh House) to ERDC Clerk, 16 May 1942- copied to NEHA Branch Manager
+ NEHA Branch manager to ERDC Clerk, 26 May 1942- request for plan + Parton P.C. Clerk to ERDC Clerk, 1 Jun 1942- plan with gate marked about 5 metres below junction of Parton Brow & main road + NEHA Branch manager to ERDC Clerk, 5 Jun 1942- rejecting scheme + decision passed by ERDC Clerk to Parton P.C. Clerk, 17 Jun 1942 |
| 21: Request from MP | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/122: Frank Anderson MP to ERDC Clerk, 23 Apr 1943
+ reply, 29 Apr 1943 |
| 21: 1941 housing survey | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/122: general figures for whole Rural District as supplied to Frank Anderson in reply from ERDC Clerk, 29 Apr 1943
+ Parton 1941 figures in memo & attachment from ERDC Surveyor (Robert Brown) to ERDC Clerk, 17 Mar 1944- 378 houses surveyed in Parton; nobody in confirmed Clearance Areas awaiting housing; 75 houses in unconfirmed Clearance Areas; 68 other houses shown to be unfit for habitation, of which 6 would be condemned in normal conditions; also 13 overcrowded; proposed to build 81 houses ASAP after the war. |
| 21: Spring 1944 housing report | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/122: report by Health Department, 81 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, 24 May 1944 |
| 21: Housing for Distington workers | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: NEHA Branch Manager to ERDC Clerk, 30 Aug 1945
+ ERDC Minutes: HHC, 19 Sep 1945, item 90 + WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: ERDC Clerk to NEHA Branch Manager, 12 Oct 1945 |
| 21: Same housing, different tenants | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 21 Nov 1945, item 131 |
| 21-22: Digging in of heels | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 19 Dec 1945, item 150 |
| 22: Parish Council housing request | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk (J. Corlett of 'Everslea', Howgate) to ERDC Clerk, 17 Jan 1946 [one of two letters same day]
+ reply, 23 Jan 1946 [one of two same day] |
| 22: Housing allocation battle | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 24 Apr 1946, item 13b
+ full council, 8 May 1946, item 10 + HHC, 15 May 1946, item 35b |
| 22: Advisory maps | CRO CTCP1 Box 21 AM 14(1): Parton Advisory Map file |
| 22: New housing permission | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: MoH Principal Housing Officer to ERDC Clerk, 15 Oct 1946
+ ERDC Minutes: HHC, 16 Oct 1946, item 118 [also related are CRO CTCP1 Box 21 AM 14(1): Assistant Regional Planning Officer, Newcastle, to County Planning Officer, Carlisle, 9 Sep 1946- with plan of sites + reply, 18 Sep 1946] |
| 22: Subsidence advice | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: Assistant Regional Planning Officer to ERDC Clerk, 12 Oct 1946
( + CRO CTCP1 Box 21 AM 14(1): version to County Planning Officer, 10 Oct 1946) |
| 22: Draft site layout | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: MoH Principal Housing Officer to NEHA Branch Manager, 6 Dec 1946 |
| 22: Petition to MP | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: Frank Anderson MP to ERDC Clerk, 4 Nov 1946, enclosing petition, 12 Sep 1946- "We the undersigned residents in the Parton Parish of the Ennerdale Rural District protest strongly against any attempt to take over the housing site in Parton- originally set aside for a slum clearance scheme- for the purpose of building houses for key workers." + ERDC Minutes: HHC, 20 Nov 1946, item 154 |
| 22: Draft site layout approved | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 18 Dec 1946, item 167
( + HHC, 22 Jan 1947, item 182- "final layout" approval received) |
| 22-23: Land exchange idea | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 21 May 1947, item 49
+ HHC, 24 Sep 1947, item 126 |
| 23: Naming Screel View | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 18 Jun 1947, item 67 [ironically, looking across the Firth from Parton, Screel Hill is partly hidden by Bengairn...] |
| 23: Land exchange paperwork | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: ERDC Clerk to MoH Principal Housing Officer, 15 Sep 1947
+ correction 22 Sep 1947 [file includes plan] + District Valuer, Carlisle, to ERDC Clerk, 30 Oct 1947 + deeds sent to Mason & Marley, solicitors, Whitehaven, 3 Dec 1947, following MoH approval 22 Nov |
| 23: Tender approval | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: MoH Principal Housing Officer to NEHA Branch Office, Maryport, 24 Jun 1947 |
| 23: Construction starts | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 16 Jul 1947, item 79 |
| 23: Pre-fab proposals | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 23 Apr 1947, item 13
+ HHC, 24 Sep 1947, item 101 resolution d + confirmation by full council, 14 Oct 1947, item 49 + WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: Parton P.C. Clerk to ERDC Clerk, 13 Jan 1948 [no reply in this file or in WRO SRDE 1/4: ERDC Clerk's letter files to 25 Mar 1948] |
| 23: New houses progress | ERDC minutes: [earlier progress reports- HHC, 24 Sep 1947, item 101 a3
+ HHC, 22 Oct 1947, item 132 + HHC, 19 Nov 1947, item 154 ] HHC, 17 Dec 1947, item 183 [ + other interim reports- HHC, 21 Jan 1948, item 211 + HHC, 18 Feb 1948, item 241 + HHC, 17 Mar 1948, item 262 + HHC, 21 Apr 1948, item 11 ] + HHC, 19 May 1948, item 37- inc. cement shortage [ + further interim reports- HHC, 16 Jun 1948, item 57 + HHC, 21 Jul 1948, item 88 ] + HHC, 22 Sep 1948, item 111a + HHC, 20 Oct 1948, item 135 + WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: progress reports- 2, 12 & 28 Oct + 2 Nov 1948 + ERDC Minutes: HHC, 17 Nov 1948, item 157 |
| 23: New houses first tenants | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 17 Mar 1948, item 285- selection of first 8 [Seven Acres houses]
+ HHC, 2 Dec 1948, item 187- first 8 lettings + WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: various items from around Nov 1948, indicating that the first 2 tenants were re-housed from Co-Operative Buildings, the next 6 from around the Square and Main Street |
| 23: New houses progress EXTRA | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 2 Dec 1948, item 187 + HHC, 19 Jan 1949, item 215 + HHC, 16 Feb 1949, item 235 + HHC, 16 Mar 1949, item 264 + HHC, 20 Apr 1949, item 291 + HHC, 18 May 1949, item 317 + HHC, 22 Jun 1949, item 9- 12 tenanted + HHC, 20 Jul 1949, item 37- 16 tenanted |
| 23-24: Land exchange gaffe | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: Mason & Marley, solicitors, to ERDC Clerk, 23 Nov 1948
+ 1 Dec 1948: ERDC Clerk reply to Mason & Marley + 1 Dec 1948: ERDC Clerk to Dees & Thompson (NEHA solicitors) + 2 Dec 1948: Dees & Thompson reply + 30 Dec 1948: Dees & Thompson to Mason & Marley- referring to letter of 25 Feb about fence + 31 Dec 1948: above copied by Mason & Marley to ERDC Clerk with comments on fence + WRO SRDE 1/4: deed of exchange signed by Council and returned to Mason & Marley, 9 Mar 1949 |
| 24: New houses completion | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 6 Jul 1949, item 27- project completion expected late August
+ HHC, 21 Sep 1949, item 63- all 26 tenanted |
| 24: New houses tenants, mystery EXTRA | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 21 Sep 1949, item 75 |
| 24: What 25 extra houses? | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: Parton P.C. Clerk to ERDC Clerk, 9 Dec 1948
+ ERDC Minutes: HHC, 22 Dec 1948, item 197 + WRO SRDE 1/4: reply to Parton P.C. Clerk, 12 Jan 1949 (following full council meeting previous day) + ERDC Minutes: HHC, 16 Feb 1949 + WRO SRDE 1/4: ERDC Clerk to Parton P.C. Clerk, 9 Mar 1949- reply to letter of 14 Feb (based on 16 Feb resolution as confirmed by full council) |
| 24: Parish Council demolition complaint | ERDC Minutes: HHC 21 May 1947, item 48a |
| 24: Mossop hired | ERDC Minutes: HHC 24 Sep 1947, item 98 |
| 24: Stanley Fisher (part 4) | ERDC Minutes: Works & General Purposes Committee, 18 Nov 1947, item 134- planning application 993
+ Electoral Register, qualifying date 30 Jun 1947 (S.F. at 99 Main Street) + Electoral Register, qualifying date 30 Jun 1948 (S.F. at 12 Sea View) |
| 24: Warnings again | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): ERDC Clerk to Hutchinson, 13 Nov 1947- including the ironic mistake "I should be glad if you could not give the matter your early attention."
+ ERDC Clerk to Brown's Brewery, 15 Nov 1947 + reply, 18 Nov 1947 |
| 24: Frank Anderson complaint | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): Frank Anderson MP to ERDC Clerk, 26 Nov 1947
+ reply, 3 Dec 1947 |
| 24-25: Brown's property | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): ERDC Clerk to Brown's Brewery, 13 Jan 1948
+ reply, 14 Jan 1948 + further reply, 30 Jan 1948 |
| 25: Mr Anderson again | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): Frank Anderson MP to ERDC Clerk, 14 Apr 1948
+ reply, 19 Apr 1948 + ERDC Clerk to Hutchinson, 19 Apr 1948 |
| 25: Co-Operative Buildings | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 19 May 1948, items 32 + 35 |
| 25: 5 Main Street | ERDC Minutes: HHC 20 Oct 1948, item 130
+ HHC, 19 Jan 1949, item 225 |
| 25: 135 & 137 Main Street | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 22 Dec 1948, item 186
+ HHC, 16 Feb 1949, item 243 + SRDE 1/3/1 (unnumbered files) Box 2: Clearance Order 8 file + ERDC Minutes: HHC, 20 Apr 1949, item 284 + to be continued |
| 25: Parish Council complaint | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): Parton P.C. Clerk to ERDC Clerk, 2 Jun 1948
+ ERDC Minutes: HHC, 16 Jun 1948, item 66 ( + reply based on above resolution, in WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1)) |
| 25: Anderson/Hutchinson | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): Frank Anderson MP to ERDC Clerk, 19 Jul 1948
+ reminder, 9 Sep 1948 + ERDC Minutes: HHC, 22 Sep 1948, item 117 + WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): ERDC Clerk to Hutchinson, 25 Sep 1948 + ERDC Clerk to Anderson, 13 Oct 1948 |
| 25: Uncleared sites | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): ERDC Clerk to Mason & Marley, solicitors, 14 Oct 1948
+ reply, 18 Oct 1948 + Mason & Marley to ERDC Clerk, 22 Oct 1948 + reply, 6 Nov 1948- with list a) Cleared by J.B. Mossop: Clearance Order 1: 4-20 (even) Main Street + 1 & 3 School Terrace; CO 2: 9-21 (odd) Main Street (inc. 13-19 as PO Lane); CO 3: 73-101 + 107-109 (odd) Main Street; CO 5: 76-94 (even) Main Street; CO 7: 119-133 + 139 (odd) Main Street b) Other: CO 6: 22-36 (even) Tanyard- demolished by owner, Lowther Estates, "but sites not cleared" CO 2: 3-9 (odd) Wilson's Lane- demolished & cleared by owner, Mat. Brown & Co. 2-12 (even) Wilson's Lane- "owned by Hutchinson- No action" [pencil note "a/c rendered 30/4?/49 for £30"] |
| 25-26: Hutchinson again | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): Frank Anderson MP to ERDC Clerk, 16 Dec 1948
+ ERDC Minutes: HHC, 22 Dec 1948, item 199- "Following consideration of a letter (16/12/1948) from Mr F. Anderson, M.P."... + WRO SRDE 1/3/1/46(1): pencil note on list from ERDC Clerk to Mason & Marley, 6 Nov 1948 + ERDC Minutes: Finance Committee, 25 Oct 1949, item 59 + HHC, 8 Jan 1950, item 185 + WRO SRDE 1/3/2/104: Frank Anderson to ERDC, 9 Jan 1950- in reply to ERDC letter of 14 Apr 1949 and referring to Parish Council complaint that the demolition and clearance has not been completed, leaving dangerous structures + reply, 17 Jan 1950- explaining that ERDC have done what they are permitted to do under the Housing Acts, and mentioning the proceedings to recover costs |
| 26: Free clearance offer | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 22 Feb 1950, item 205 |
| 26: 22 Main Street | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 22 Mar 1950, item 232
+ HHC 19 Apr 1950, item 265- (J.B.'s bid was £30) + Finance Committee, 25 Apr 1950, item 144 + HHC, 19 Jul 1950, item 35 + HHC, 17 Jan 1951, item 171 (Mossop paid £2 for making good supporting wall) |
| 26: 96, 98 & 100 Main Street | WRO SRDE 1/3/2/104: ERDC Clerk to MoH Secretary, 8 Dec 1950
+ reply, 17 Jan 1951 + ERDC Minutes: HHC, 17 Jan 1951, item 169 + HHC, 21 Feb 1951, item 199- ERDC refuses to pay conveyancing costs for free gift of 98 Main Street + HHC, 21 Mar 1951, item 226- Lowther Estates to acquire 98 Main Street + WRO SRDE 1/3/2/104: ERDC Clerk to Parton P.C. Clerk, 5 May 1951 + reply, 7 Jun 1951 |
| 26: Parish Council EXTRA | The full correspondence sequence containing the last two letters is-
WRO SRDE 1/3/2/104: Parton P.C. Clerk to ERDC Clerk, 4 May 1951- complaining about lack of any demolition and clearance work for "some considerable time"
+ reply, 5 May 1951- in which Main Street work is presented as an item of good news + Parton P.C. Clerk to ERDC Clerk, 7 Jun 1951- also asking for clearance work to be done on previous demolition sites when the three Main Street houses are demolished + reply, noting that demolition and clearance are not [legally speaking] parts of the same process |
| 26: 98 Main Street storage | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 16 Jul 1952, item 57 |
| 26: New housing sites search | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 16 Nov 1949, item 116 resolution h
+ CRO CTCP1 BOX 21 AM 14(1): ERDC Surveyor (J. Leigh) to County Planning Officer, Carlisle, 31 Dec 1949 + reply, 11 Jan 1950 |
| 26: NEHA to begin purchase | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 18 Jan 1950, report in item 178, and resolution d (with resolution e referring to alternative possible sites at Lowca) |
| 26: Failure of purchase | failure of N.E.H.A. negotiations inferred from: ERDC Minutes: HHC, 20 Feb 1952, item 169 resolution d + HHC, 16 Apr 1952, item 207 + see next- |
| 26: Nurse's house | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 20 Feb 1952, item 169 resolution d
+ CRO CTCP1 BOX 21 AM 14(1): County Planning Officer to ERDC Surveyor, 3 Apr 1952 ( + reply, 4 Apr 1952) + ERDC Minutes: Works & General Purposes Committee, 17 Mar 1953, item 180, planning application 945/ EA.592 |
| 26 : Land use policy | Various background sources- but see CRO CC 3/1 Box 67 / TCP 94: petition, Apr 1955 |
| 26-27: Problem building in village | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 16 Jan 1952, item 157 |
| 27: Clearance Order 14 withdrawal | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 16 Apr 1952, item 204 |
| 27: Clearance Orders revised policy | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 26 May 1952, item 7
+ WRO SRDE 1/3/2/104: ERDC to Ministry of Housing & Local Government, 27 Jun 1952 ( + subsequent correction of "10" to "14") + ERDC Minutes: full council, 14 Oct 1952- accommodation undertaking |
| 27: Developing cleared sites | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 18 Feb 1953, item 175 resolution b |
| 27: Clearance Order 14 confirmed | WRO SRDE 1/3/1 (Unnumbered files) box 3: Clearance Area 14 file- Lowther Estates objection & counter-proposal, 11 Nov 1952
+ ERDC Minutes: HHC, 18 Feb 1953, item 181- re Public Inquiry on 11 Feb + WRO SRDE 1/3/2/104: MH&LG to ERDC, 2 Mar 1953- confirmed with modification |
| 27: Slum clearance meeting | WRO SRDE 1/3/2/104: Parton P.C. to ERDC, 18 Feb 1954
+ MH&LG Circular 30/54, 22 Mar 1954 + ERDC to Parton P.C., 14 Apr 1954 |
| 27: 20-30 houses proposal | CRO CTCP1 BOX 21 AM 14(1): ERDC Surveyor to County Planning Officer, 6 Jul 1954 |
| 27: County Council plan | CRO CTCP1 BOX 21 AM 14(1): County Planning Officer to ERDC Surveyor, 13 Aug 1954 |
| 27: EXTRA- Demolition site clearance | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 22 Apr 1953, item 203- Chief Sanitary Inspector to report on the clearance of sites of demolished properties in Parton
+ ERDC Minutes: HHC, 21 Jul 1954, item 35- Surveyor to report to next meeting on clearance of sites of demolished houses in Parton owned by the Council |
| 27: Joint meetings | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 22 Sep 1954, item 49 |
| 27: Explaining to Parish Council | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 17 Nov 1954, item 88 |
| 27: 135 & 137 Main Street | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 17 Nov 1954, item 86
+ Finance Committee, 23 Nov 1954, item 68 + HHC, 20 Apr 1955, item 176 + Finance Committee, 26 Apr 1955, item 151 + HHC, 20 Jul 1955, item 52 + WRO SRDE 1/3/2/104: site conveyance documents [inc. plan], 1899-1955 |
| 27: 31 Main Street improvements | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 20 Oct 1954, item 68
+ WRO SRDE 1/3/1 (unnumbered files) Box 2: Clearance Order 10 file |
| 27: Lonsdale Terrace flooding | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 16 Feb 1955, item 137 |
| 27-28: Housing land search | ERDC Minutes: HHC, 16 Mar 1955, item 156 |