Reference
P64/5/1-4
Title
Set of receipted bills and vouchers relating to work done at the Church, the Workhouse, and on Charity properties by various tradesmen, mainly by order of the Churchwardens, but also for the Overseers and Charity Trustees.
Scope and Content
Most of this work was done by local (Potton) tradesmen, and these items list the bills presented by individual shopkeepers and craftsmen etc. Except where otherwise stated, the people listed are presumed to be Potton tradesmen and their occupation has been deduced from the bills and sometimes confirmed by reference to the Commercial Directories of 1839 and 1847.
System of arrangement
These bills were at one time classified by subject and catalogued as P64/5/1-13, but they have subsequently been repaired and bound into two portfolios and sorted into chronological order. The undated bills (nos.294-319) are at the end of the series. A further bundle of bills for the period 1839-1850 was deposited at a later date and catalogued as P64/5/16, but these have now been sorted chronologically (by date of payment of each bill) and numbered in sequence to follow the older bills. The whole series is now bound or parcelled.
Level of description
series