Reference
P52/5/2
Title
Churchwardens' account book
Date free text
1830-1921
Production date
From: 1830 To: 1921
Scope and Content
Includes receipts and detailed disbursements, with some references throughout to the Wrestlingworth Charity Estate including: 1845-6 Dennis's Charity accounts, with list of rents, tenants etc. of allotments, cottages and gardens, and disbursements of the Estate (pp.34-40) 1874-5 Minutes re Dennis's Charity (pp.150, 154) With Vestry Minutes (passim), especially from 1894-1924, much of the business dealing with the restoration of the Church. Occasional expenditure in the accounts includes: 1832 New stove for the Church (p.3) 1835 "6 ft. of iron pipe" (p.11) 1838 Repairing music instruments, and repairing lock of the Church Chest (p.15) 1839 Pair of gates for the Churchyard (p.15) 1840 Building a new wall round the Churchyard (p.17) 1843 References to planting and ditching the Estate, e.g. "taking down Trees in Town Close" and "Planting 100 Ash & Oak Trees" (p.27) 1844 Levelling the Churchyard (p.31) 1868 Accounts for the new organ in Church (p.129) 1874 Accounts for the new clock (p.149) 1881 Note on the Census of 1881 [totals only] (p.178) 1888 Resolution regarding Memorial window in the Chacel of the Church in memory of the Rev.W.C.Twiss (p.206) 1889 List of gifts presented to the Church in 1889, including lectern, candlesticks, chair and window (p.209) 1899 Dispute concerning the election of Churchwarden (p.246). Note: The accounts are clearly divided into "Parish Accounts" and "Trustees accounts" from c.1850, and later these separate accounts are headed "Church Accounts" and "Charity Accounts".
Level of description
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