Reference
P65/8/1
Title
Vestry Minute book
Date free text
1858-1982
Production date
From: 1858 To: 1982
Scope and Content
Regular business includes election of parish officers, passing accounts, rates and rating, Highway matters, letting of Charity land, etc. Includes minutes of the Easter Vestry and Annual Parochial Church Meeting from 1921, and from c.1935 the minutes are kept in great detail. Occasional business includes: 1858 Carting gravel for turnpike road Contract for new bridge 1860 Equalisation of County Rates 1861 Bridge on road between parishes of Pertenhall and Little Staughton 1867 Rating assessment on the Manor House 1877 Rating on various properties including the new Blacksmith's shop (belonging to Samuel Reynolds), the site of a cottage now demolished, and the Manor House Application to Local Government Board to "take away those parts of the parish of Pertenhall parish running into the parishes of Keysoe, Little Staughton and Bolnhurst 1886 Gift of books to the church by Miss Mudge Conduct in Church and Churchyard 1889 Payment for right of access to Churchyard and Church Lane from the Manor House 1892 Church restoration - detailed specification 1907 Repairs to bellframe and woodwork in the tower 1910 Repairs to the upper part of the spire and erection of lightning conductor, and insurance claim 1928 Proposed union of benefices of Pertenhall & Swineshead 1933 New Tortoise stove to be installed in church 1934 Death of Rev.G.H.Mosley and sequestration etc. [Minutes after 1935 not extracted in calendar] 1858 - 1982 Also includes (at reverse end): Pertenhall Charity accounts, 1860-1861 Church lamps fund accounts, 1882-3 Offertory accounts (receipts and payments) 1882-1934
Level of description
item