Reference
P34/5/27
Title
Churchwardens' account book (receipt and detailed disbursements)
Regular business as in P34/5/1-3 above, but with voluntary contributions in place of Church rates from 1862. Includes (at front) letter re shares 1888; receipt for Parish Award, 1895; letters re widening and diversion of a road at Kensworth Lynch, 1871 (Inside volume) Statement of Brugis Charity accounts 1863 Occasional business includes: 1864 New church pews 1868 Note on Abraham Fossey's Charity 1872-3 New louvres in belfry (£13) and tower repairs (£11) 1874 "Hanging church with Black Cloth at Funeral of late Rev. H. Windsor" 1878 Printed accounts for church repairs 1856 "new roof to nave" pasted in with 1878 accounts Accounts for Church restoration, including list of subscribers (£ 442) and notes on restoration with list of special offerings (e.g. stained glass windows, reredos, pulpit, etc.) and press cutting from the St. Albans Times November 1878 on reopening of church on 19th November - architect, Mr. Gordon Hills 1895-1919 Detailed accounts - main items already listed above in lists of vouchers P34/5/5-26 1903 (loose among accounts) press cutting from St. Albans Times 17 Jan. 1903 re new stained glass window on the North side of the Chancel - depicting St. Edward the Confessor - to complete the glass on the north side of the church. The two windows in the Chancel (including the new one) by Ward & Hughes, and those in the nave by A.L. Moore 1910 Death of King Edward VII 1911 Coronation of King George V
Date free text
1862-1925
Production date
From: 1862 To: 1925
Level of description
item