P89/8/1

Vestry Minute book

1857 - 1895

From: 1857 To: 1895

This volume deals mainly with the routine business of election of parish officers, passing accounts, and matters re rates and rating. The occasional business includes: (At front) note on population of Ravensden, 1881 1858 Repairs to Vestry, new stove, and repairs to Mr. Peacock's pew. Repairs to Grays Hill road 1859 Salary of school masters to be £5 per annum 1860 Ravensden Charity accounts 1867 Adoption of "Small Tenements Act" for rating 1877 Appeal against new County rate assessment 1878 Churchwardens' accounts audited, and found to be correct - rumours about Churchwarden not having given a proper account of the funds "quite false" 1879 William Borrell to be parish Clerk 1887 Revision of valuation list 1892 Parish boundary between Thurleigh, Keysoe & Ravensden Road from Keysoe Post Office to Thurleigh Chapel, and use by carriers etc. 1893 Supposed debt by Church of £50 to Col. Sunderland

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Peacock,
Borrell, William,
Sunderland

RAVENSDEN, Vestry, parish officers, accounts, parish rates, church furniture, Ravensden Grays Hill, schoolmaster, Ravensden charities, rates, churchwardens, parish clerk, ecclesiastical parish boundaries