Reference
P62/5/1
Title
Churchwardens account book (receipts and detailed disbursements):
Date free text
1777-1832
Production date
From: 1777 To: 1832
Scope and Content
Expenditure recorded includes: 1777 Dial for the clock 1783 Pulpit hangings, glazier 1786-7 Repairs to clock and chimes by Thos. Hardwick of Ridgmont 1789 Recasting tenor bell [see also below] 1801 New lead 1803 Recasting fourth bell 1805-6 Recasting tenor bell 1807 Mr. Rees - for glazing, painting etc. 1813 New lead on south aisle roof, new gates etc. 1820 Plastering and white-washing church and steeple 1822 Painting and gilding clock face 1825 Mr. Steevens for repairs, cost £31. 1826 "For a new plated flaggon"; repairing steeple steps 1829 New set of chimes 1830 Work on church seats and churchyard fences [see also below] At back: Agreement between William Emmerton [bellfounder] and the parishioners of Cranfield, for recasting the tenor bell, 15 May 1788 At back: list of people confirmed on 23 May 1818; List of the recipients of blankets given and of charity money on St. Thomas Day, 1828. Inside (with accounts for 1830, on p.81): Receipted bill of William Faulkner to the Churchwardens for improving the Free seats in the church, and for repairing the Churchyard fences - total £59..17..11 date 1829, with a note that the work had been valued by Robert F. Nixon in August 1829, and Nixon's bill
Level of description
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