Collection GB 0074 ACC/1484 - STAINES RATEPAYERS' PROTECTION ASSOCIATION

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GB 0074 ACC/1484

Title

STAINES RATEPAYERS' PROTECTION ASSOCIATION

Date(s)

  • 1880-1963 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.07 linear metres

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Biographical history

In 1872 a local board of health was established in Staines. This became an urban district council in 1894. The board was concerned with the town hall, commons, cemetery, highways, hospital, finance and drainage. Their first task was to provide a sewer system.

Part of the ancient parish of Staines lay in the tract of countryside known as the warren of Staines which extended as far as Hampton. This land was gradually encroached upon, but by 1844 there were still 381 acreas of common land, and 353 acres were preserved under the Metropolitan Commons Supplemental Act, 1880. The common lands comprised Staines Moor, Shortwood Common, Knowle Green and Birch Green.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), pp. 13-18 and pp. 25-27.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1484 1880-1963 Collection 0.07 linear metres Staines Ratepayers' Protection Association

In 1872 a local board of health was established in Staines. This became an urban district council in 1894. The board was concerned with the town hall, commons, cemetery, highways, hospital, finance and drainage. Their first task was to provide a sewer system.

Part of the ancient parish of Staines lay in the tract of countryside known as the warren of Staines which extended as far as Hampton. This land was gradually encroached upon, but by 1844 there were still 381 acreas of common land, and 353 acres were preserved under the Metropolitan Commons Supplemental Act, 1880. The common lands comprised Staines Moor, Shortwood Common, Knowle Green and Birch Green.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), pp. 13-18 and pp. 25-27.

Records deposited in 1980.

Records of the Staines Ratepayers' Protection Association including minute book relating to Staines Lammas rights, chancery suits over Staines Commons, Staines Moor, local government elections, footpaths, sewerage, and the rifle range; rules and regulations for tenants; bye-laws for Staines Commons; notices; membership cards; reports to the Staines Local Board and correspondence.

Arranged in sections according to record type: minutes, rules, bye-laws, printed, letters.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

June to August 2010. Staines Ratepayers' Protection Association Rates (taxation) Rates (local tax) Environmental engineering Sanitation Waste disposal Sewers Waste treatment Land use Common land Finance Fiscal policy Taxation Community charge Water resources Drainage Organizations Associations Law Customary law Rights Lammas meadow rights Surrey England UK Western Europe Europe Staines Middlesex Land tenure Land economics Agricultural economics

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Records deposited in 1980.

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Scope and content

Records of the Staines Ratepayers' Protection Association including minute book relating to Staines Lammas rights, chancery suits over Staines Commons, Staines Moor, local government elections, footpaths, sewerage, and the rifle range; rules and regulations for tenants; bye-laws for Staines Commons; notices; membership cards; reports to the Staines Local Board and correspondence.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged in sections according to record type: minutes, rules, bye-laws, printed, letters.

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Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

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Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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