P24/8/1

Vestry Minute book

1842-1914, 1931

From: 1842 To: 1931

Regular business includes election of parish officers, passing of accounts, rates and rating etc. Occasional business as follows: 1852 Rating of premises in Upper Sundon occupied by James Hull and William Cook 1858 Appointment of John Pedder as parish clerk in place of Stephen Underwood, at a salary of £4. 1866 Proposed change of road opposite Mr.Tomson's gate. 1879 Application for Sundon to be made a separate Highway District with privelege of paying for their own roads exclusively instead of through the general District fund. 1880 New valuation list 1887 Church repairs - inspection of works by the Rev. J. O'Neill, Vicar of Luton, and report to Committee Queen Victoria's Jubilee - minutes and accounts 1889 Institution and Induction of the Rev.A.Rust as Vicar, 6 Dec. 1889 - a great occasion, "the oldest inhabitant having no recollection of any previous visit from a Bishop" 1894 Addition of land to the Churchyard 1900 Resignation of J.Cooke as organist, and appointment of J.B.Garrett 1907 New pulpit in memory of Mr.W.Anstee 1913 Faculty application for church repairs [details given] 1914 Application for confirmatory faculty for the organ "now in the Church"

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Hull, James,
Cook, William,
Pedder, John,
Underwood, Stephen,
Tomson,
O'Neill, J.,
Queen Victoria,
Rust, A.,
Cooke, J.,
Garrett, J B,
Anstee, W.

SUNDON, Vestry, accounts, rates, Upper Sundon, Parish Clerks, highways, church fabric, jubilees, churchyard, church organs