Reference
P43/8/1
Title
Vestry Minute book
Date free text
1853 - 1921
Production date
From: 1853 To: 1921
Scope and Content
Regular business includes election of parish officers, rates and rating, passing accounts, and Charity business etc.
The Occasional business includes
1853-4 New church to be built on more convenient site.
Loan of £500 to be obtained from the Duke of Bedford on security of Church rates
Old Church to remain for purposes of burial, and the burial ground to remain on the existing site.
Parish to be responsible for upkeep of Chancel of old church.
1869 Disposal of old stove and piping in old church, and removal of brick rubbish in churchyard
1870 Consideration of working of the Highways Acts 1862-4 Collections to be made at evening services for church expence
1871 Representatives to Diocesan Conference
1872 Duke of Bedford offers to provide new schools for the parish. School Board to be established
1876 Repair of road from Brogborough to gate leading to Manor Farm
1879 Maining of road from Hollyhock Lodge to Ridgmont Station
1880 Retirement of Henry Readman as Churchwarden
1887 Opposition to Highway Board - the old system much cheaper and more efficient than the present one
Consideration of County Rate basis - Vestry urges more equitable and very much lower basis
Opinions on Boundary Commission
1892 Continued opposition to the Woburn Highway Board
1900 Archdeacon reports church in good order, but suggests repair to chimney of heating apparatus
1903 Archdeacon suggests pointing on west face of tower
1905 Churchyard drainage, cleaning of church, and rearrangement of seats in nave and aisles (work done by J. P. White, Pyghtle Works, Bedford)
1911 Death of Miss Crouch, for 50 years organist and Sunday School teacher etc.
1921 New table of fees to be drawn up
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