Reference
P145/5/1
Title
Chellington Churchwardens' accounts (summary receipts and detailed disbursements)
Date free text
1769-1883
Production date
From: 1769 To: 1883
Scope and Content
Includes (at front) notes of names of churchwardens in 1772, 1803, 1819 and 1832.
(Loose) receipted bill of John Tandy for work at Chellington church in 1840-1841, cost £25 17s. 9d., receipted 13 April 1841.
(At back) rent rolls for Chellington church land allotments, 1832-1863.
(Passim) Vestry minutes of election of churchwardens and on the passing of the accounts etc.
Other items of note include:
1807 Agreement for the lease of Chellington Church Land to John Eyles for rent of £5 10s. during 18 years, John having met the cost of its enclosure under the Award, - 31 March 1807
1823 - Agreement as above to Robert Eyles, yeoman, at an annual rent of £7 7s., the term from year to year. 19 May 1823.
1832 - Memorandum of the division of 6a. Church Land "for the accommodation of the labouring poor" at 2½d. a pole, with list of tenants (17 names) and their rent, 11 Oct. 1832
1843 - Vestry resolutions concerning the Archdeacon's order that a new church be built for the combined parish, in which it was determined to repair the old.
1850 - Vestry resolution for repair of the roof of the middle aisle, renewing pews in the North and South aisles, 17 July 1850.
1855 - Memorandum as to letting of church land for accommodation of labouring poor at 3d. a pole [no names given], 29 Sept. 1855. 1869 - details of extensive repairs to the church, with cost etc., and list of subscribers. E. Harrison, architect
Level of description
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