Reference
P41/8/1
Title
Vestry minute book
Date free text
1859-1991
Production date
From: 1859 To: 1991
Scope and Content
Regular business includes election of officers, rates and rating, passing accounts (including Charity accounts). From 1920 used only for records of Easter vestry and Annual Parochial Church meeting minutes including (from c.1966) reports of Rector and church officers
Also includes: (At front) Copy of notice of vestry meeting to be held on 10 April 1863 concerning the restoration of the church and to authorise an application to the Public Works Loan Commissioners
1862-4 Church restoration and loan from Public Works Commission
1868 Consideration of contract system for labour on roads
1874 Repayment of last installment of loan for church restoration Introduction of voluntary collections for church expenses
1878 Disputed election of churchwardens
1881 Comments about unsatisfactory voice of curate Repairs to church tower
1887 Reassessment of rateable values
1888 Sale of the parish pound
1890 Rehanging of church bells - accounts passed Laying new drains in village
1896 Organ fund and improvements to chancel lamps, matting for aisles, and new funeral car
1898 Churchyard extension Schedule of duties of parish clerk and sexton
1910-12 Repairs to the south aisle, and repair and relocation of the Snagge monument
1909-16 All minutes of Easter Vestry signed by churchwarden, and consisting only of a one-line statement "Everything satisfactory' 1916-17 Withdrawal of resignation of Rector, the Rev. H.J. Sharpe, after pressure from parishioners for him to stay (press cuttings), Feb. 1916, and obituary, April 1917
1918-21 Removal of unsightly stove in chancel, and other works
1933 Damage to churchyard fencing by cattle
1955 Note in minutes recording that minutes for 1955-1969 have been copied into the PCC minute book
Level of description
item