NOTES FOR PAGES 3-12
| WRO= Whitehaven Record Office & Local Studies Library | CRO= Carlisle Record Office |
| WRDC=Whitehaven Rural District Council | ERDC=Ennerdale Rural District Council |
| HHC=Health & Housing Committee | WGPC=Works & General Purposes Committee |
| Page & topic | Notes |
| 3: Moresby & Thornhill houses | WRO SRDED/1/2B/1: Whitehaven Rural District Council, Sanitary & Plans Committee. resolution, 20 Mar 1924 |
| 3: Parton & Hensingham housing requests | WRO SRDED/1/2B/1: WRDC, Sanitary & Plans Cttee., letters read 28 May 1924; resolution 10 Jul 1924 |
| 3: Moresby contractor | WRO SRDED/1/2B/1: WRDC, Sanitary & Plans Cttee., tender from James Armstrong of Hagget End, Egremont accepted 28 May 1924; problem with creditors 16 Oct 1924; tender re-awarded, to Border Engineering Co. 18 Dec 1924: |
| 3: Parish Council complaint about delay | WRO SRDED/1/2B/1: WRDC, Sanitary & Plans Cttee., 30 Apr 1925 |
| 3: Surveyor's report | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/122: 17 Aug 1925, Wilfrid Goode, WRDC Surveyor, report on Parton Housing Sites |
| 3: Subsidence clause in contract | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Conditions for purchase, cJul 1925 |
| 3: District Valuer called in | WRO SRDED 1/2B/2: WRDC, Sanitary & Plans Cttee., 20 Aug 1925
+ WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Letter from WRDC Clerk (W. Hutchings) to T. Rook Esq., Victoria Place, Carlisle [Inland Revenue District Valuer's office], 25 Aug 1925 |
| 3: Delay & report + Toll Bar confirmation | WRO SRDED/Letter Book Oct-Dec 1925: WRDC Clerk to Mr A. Fletcher, Parton Parish Council clerk, 24 Oct 1925
+ WRO SRDED 1/2B/2: WRDC, Sanitary & Plans Cttee., Council Clerk's report 12 Nov 1925 + subsidence report by Mr W. Graham & subseqent resolution, 10 Dec 1925 |
| 3: Camp Field possibility | WRO SRDED 1/2B/2: WRDC, Sanitary & Plans Cttee., Surveyor's report, 8 Jan 1926 |
| 3: Purchase price | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: valuation request to District Valuer, 26 Jan 1926
+ WRO SRDED 1/2B/2: WRDC, Sanitary & Plans Cttee. resolution, 4 Mar 1926 |
| 4: District Valuer's advice | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: District Valuer to WRDC Clerk, 24 Feb 1926 |
| 4: House types & costings | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: duplicated sheet made approx. 26 Jan 1926 |
| 4: EXTRA- revised purchase terms | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: undated draft agreement (?by WRDC) and apparent reply from Lowther Estates agent E. Nanson, dated 23 Apr 1926 |
| 4: Loan applications | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: letter from Public Works Loan Board, 26 Apr 1926
+ letter from Ministry of Health, 29 Apr 1926 + application with reasons etc. May 1926 + sewers loan application, 1 May 1926 |
| 4: Tenders for construction | WRO SRDED 1/2B/2: WRDC, Sanitary & Plans Cttee. tender approval, 22 Apr 1926
+ WRO SRDE 13/1/54: letter accepting tender, 1 Jun 1926 |
| 4: Gas supply & fittings | WRO SRDED/Letter file 5 ("Parton Housing"): RDC Surveyor to Whitehaven United Gas Co. Ltd., 27 Mar 1926 |
| 4: Loan approval | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: loan approval from Ministry of Health, 29 May 1926 |
| 4: Land conveyancing | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: acceptance by WRDC of sale offer, 1 Jun 1926
+ Vesting Deed explanation, 5 Jun 1926 + note of agreement to entry before completion, 8 Jun 1926 |
| 4: Coal strike effect on prices | WRO SRDED/Letter file 5 ("Parton Housing"): duplicated notice from Doulton & Co. of Dudley, 3 Nov 1926
+ letter from Border Engineering director H. Irving Graham to WRDC Surveyor, 12 Mar 1928 |
| 4: Storm damage | WRO SRDED/Letter file 5 ("Parton Housing"): letter from WRDC Surveyor to Border Engineering, 5 Nov 1926
+ reply 9 Nov 1926 |
| 4: First tenants & rents | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: rent details, undated but 1928 or earlier |
| 4: Rents in old village | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Letter from A. Fletcher, 6 Sea View, Parton, (Parton Parish Council Clerk) 2 Sep 1925, with rough outline of typical rents in the village in 1914 and 1925:
3 bedrooms, kitchen, scullery & parlour: 1914 c5/- weekly; 1925 7/10 to 6/6 (rates included)
2 bedrooms ( + attic), kitchen & parlour: 1914 4/- to 4/6; 1925 5/- to 6/- "No. 1 type": 1914 5/- to 6/- (some 6/6); now 7/- to "as high as 10/1" Some of "No. 2 type" with very small rooms were 3/6 in 1914; now 4/8 "No bathrooms to any except the newly erected houses above the types named and owner-occupied". |
| 4: Bricks cost discussion | WRO SRDED/Letter file 5 ("Parton Housing"): letter from Border Engineering director H. Irving Graham to WRDC Surveyor, 12 Mar 1928 |
| 5: Parish Council reminders | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Thos. Brown (3 School Terrace, Parton) Parton Parish Council Clerk, to WRDC Clerk (W. Hutchings), 28 Oct 1929 (part of ongoing correspondence)- the Parish Council "think the Briscoe Crescent site the most suitable from the present Houses towards Parton Brow.
They feel sure the site is free from risk of subsidence."
+ same to same, 21 Nov 1929: "I have been instructed to write R.D.C. requesting that they give their early and earnest consideration to the erection of the additional new Houses as they are so urgently needed." |
| 5: WRDC request to Nanson | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: letter from WRDC Clerk to E.L. Nanson, 29 Nov 1929 |
| 5: Problem with proposed law | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: reply to above, E.L. Nanson to WRDC Clerk, 30 Nov 1929 |
| 5: Parish Council insistence, February | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to WRDC Clerk, 15 Feb 1930- "I am instructed to write asking the Rural District Council to reconsider the Parton Parish Council's application for additional new houses, and requesting them to kindly press forward with their utmost speed their claim." |
| 5: 28 Feb request to Nanson & ironworks site suggestion | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: letter from WRDC Clerk to E.L. Nanson, 28 Feb 1930
+ reply, 3 Mar 1930- "in view of the advance of coal mining operations, and the consequent liability of the surface to subsidence, there is not any land belonging to the Lowther Estates Limited in this Parish suitable for a housing scheme, unless your Council are willing to consider the erection of houses on the site of the old Parton Ironworks"... |
| 5: Parish Council insistence, May | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to WRDC Clerk (now J.R. Henley), 8 May 1930- "I have been instructed to write the R.D.C. again urging you to do your utmost to secure the site for new houses at top of Parton Brow to Briscoe Crescent. The Council are of the opinion that there can be no extra risk of subsidence there than at Briscoe Crescent." |
| 5: RDC to Nanson again | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: letter from WRDC Clerk to E.L. Nanson, 14 May 1930
+ reply, 15 May 1930 + reply copied to Parish Council, 26 May 1930 |
| 5: Parish Council insistence, June | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to WRDC Clerk (now J.R. Henley), 5 Jun 1930-"I have been instructed to write asking the Rural District Council to take steps to obtain the Briscoe Crescent site, or any site, in the parish, with the exception of the shore green [i.e. former ironworks] site, for building purposes, and that the Rural District Council accept all responsability [sic] in connection therewith, as the Council following expert advice consider the risk of subsidence negligible." |
| 5: Meeting with Nanson | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: letter from WRDC Clerk to E.L. Nanson, 20 Jun 1930 [Meeting held at Nanson's office, Thu after 24 Jun] |
| 5: July Toll Bar site offer | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: letter from E.L. Nanson to WRDC Clerk, 17 Jul 1930
+ reply 18 Jul 1930, advising that it will be considered at next RDC meeting |
| 5: Surveyor's report on Toll Bar site | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: report by WRDC Surveyor (L. Buchanan), 5 Sep 1930, concluding "I do not consider the Site at all suitable for Building Purposes." |
| 5: "Discourtesy" to Parish Council | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to WRDC Clerk, 25 Sep 1930- "expressing the Parish Council's disapproval of their action in not letting the Council know the result of their claim for new houses at Briscoe Crescent. They consider it an act of discourtesy." NB: WRDC Clerk did not formally notify Mr Nanson at Lowther estates of the decision not to use the Toll Bar site until 1 Oct 1930 |
| 6: Land across main road | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to WRDC Clerk, 25 Sep 1930- "asking them to try to get land on the other side of road, in the Moresby Parish for housing purposes.
If necessary application be made to the County Council for extension of this parish boundary to include such building land."
+ reply 1 Oct 1930 that the matter will be discussed by the RDC on 9 Oct (also includes apology for Toll Bar "discourtesy") |
| 6: Parish Council insistence, November | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to WRDC Clerk, 21 Nov 1930- "asking them to bring pressure on the Lowther Estates in order to acquire land for building purposes" (also asks for footpath from Briscoe Crescent through field to Parton Brow, so children etc. don't have to use main road)
+ letter from WRDC Clerk to E.L. Nanson passing on the above requests, 1 Dec 1930 (except he writes "Brewery Brow" for Parton Brow) |
| 6: Howgate suggestion | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: letter from E.L. Nanson to WRDC Clerk, 2 Dec 1930 (also proposes alternative to footpath)
+ copied to Parton P.C. 9 Dec 1930 + Parton P.C. Clerk reply to WRDC Clerk, 18 Dec 1930- after a "very lengthy discussion"... "while not losing sight of the Howgate site, the Council would esteem it a favour if the R.D.C. would reconsider their decision in regard to the Toll Bar site" (also notes footpath problem has been passed to the County Council, who own the main road). |
| 6: Toll Bar reconsideration | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: letter from WRDC Clerk to Parton P.C. Clerk, 12 Jan 1931 |
| 6: 1931 lack of progress | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to WRDC Clerk, 14 May 1931- could WRDC please consider extending Parton boundary to obtain new building land; "the Council are very anxious as the need for new houses is great."
+ WRDC Clerk to Parton P.C. Clerk, 15 Sep 1931, arranging a meeting with Mr Nanson about Parton building land on 17 Sep [no further related items] |
| 6: 1932 lateral thinking | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to WRDC Clerk, cFeb 1932- "urgently requesting the Rural District Council to use all their powers to secure the Camp Field site of land, which was admitted as not liable to subsidence through mining, for new houses. All the councillors present expressed the opinion that the Rural District Council had not done all they could in regard to new houses for Parton." P.C. also request RDC to send representatives to see the present housing situation for themselves, and the Surveyor to do a survey. [meeting at Brewery Brow top arranged for 8 Mar, 2pm] |
| 6: Parish Council insistence, April | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to WRDC Clerk, 14 Apr 1932- "I have been again requested to write asking the R.D.Council to bring all their powers to bear on securing the site for new houses in 'Camp Field'."... |
| 6: Nanson acceptance of Camp Field | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: WRDC Clerk to Parton P.C. Clerk, 17 May 1932- "Mr Nanson has now intimated that in the event of the Council purchasing this plot of land the Council must accept all liability for damage caused by mining subsidence." It is unlikely that Lord Lonsdale will give permission for building on the "Old Roman Camp Site", as "he is very much interested in the Association for the Preservation of Rural England". |
| 6: Gap in records | Although there is a gap in the files related to Parton development, it might be possible to find some information in the RDC Clerk's Letter Books |
| 6: Parish Council invitation & insistence, April-May 1933 | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to WRDC Clerk, 19 Apr 1933 [reply not in Parton files]
+ Parton P.C. Clerk to WRDC Clerk, response to missing reply, 19 May 1933- "The Parish Council were rather disappointed with your letter. They desire a deputation of R.D.C. to visit Parton and see for themselves Parton's great need for better housing conditions." ... also "Mr J.B. Jackson one of our Councillors will be calling on you on Saturday morning about 10 a.m., he has been appointed to draw up rules for the Childrens Play Ground, he feels sure you could help him in the drawing of them up." |
| 6: Henley response to above | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: WRDC Clerk to Parton P.C. Clerk, 17 Jun 1933- "I am instructed to refer to your letter of the 19th ultimo and to again assure you that the Rural District Council already appreciate the housing problem which exists in the village of Parton and therefore no good purpose would be served by a deputation from the Council making an inspection of the district." |
| 6: Parish Council meeting request & "re-organisation" response | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to WRDC Clerk, 31 Aug 1933
+ reply 8 Sep 1933: "during the past few years many unsuccessful efforts have been made to secure suitable building land in the Parish. Consideration has also been given to the possibility of acquiring suitable building sites outside the Parish of Parton but have regard to the possible results in connection with the scheme of redistribution of County Districts my Council consider it inopportune to proceed further in this direction at the present time. In view of these facts it would appear that no benefit would result from a discussion with representatives of the Parish Council." |
| 6: Medical Officer's report on slums | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: WRDC Clerk to Sanitary Committee members, 2 Feb 1934- arrangements to visit Parton on 7 Feb to inspect houses at Parton referred to in Medical Officer's Preliminary Report under the Housing Act, 1930. |
| 7: Parish Council protest about Lowca scheme | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to Ennerdale RDC Clerk, 16 Apr 1934, reciting P.C. resolution of 11 Apr 1934:
"The Parish Council strongly protest against the proposed housing site at Lowca.
Parton people needed houses at Parton, and urge the Ennnerdale Rural Council to do their utmost to secure a housing site in the Parish of Parton."
+ acknowledgment from ERDC "Acting Clerk" (Henley) to Parton P.C. Clerk, 17 Apr 1934 |
| 7: Government report | Ministry of Labour "Reports of Investigations into the Industrial Conditions in certain Depressed Areas" (Nov 1934), also referring back to the 1932 Manchester University survey |
| 7: Special Areas | Ministry of Labour report as above
+ Evelyn M. Clarke "The Special Areas Legislation with reference to West Cumberland, 1934-1945" (PhD thesis: McMaster University, Canada, 1981; copy available for reference at CRO) |
| 7: Medical Officer's clearance areas report | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Duplicated report dated 18 Jul 1934: Area 1 contains 11 occupied houses, 1 unoccupied, 1 bakery (wooden building), 1 shop, 2 stores, 1 stable, several WCs. Area 2 contains 15 occupied houses, 3 stores, 3 wash-houses, 1 stable & yard, several WCs. Area 3 contains 13 occupied houses, 1 "practically demolished" house, 3 shops, 1 store, 1 wash-house, several WCs. |
| 7-8: Clearance Areas 1-3 details | WRO SRDE 1/3/1 (unnumbered items) Box 2. [These are actually details supplied for the making of the finalised Clearance Orders, a couple of years later.] |
| 8: Housing requirements | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Duplicated report dated 18 Jul 1934 [as above]:
Sanitary Inspector's recommendation, 23 x 2-bedroom, 13 x 3-bedroom, 2 x 4-bedroom.
Council amended figures, 18 2-bed, 20 3-bed, 2 4-bed.
Provisional site for new houses, land near Lowca Council School, owned by United Steel Companies Ltd., because (a) suitable land cannot be obtained in Parton; (b) of the displaced tenants, 14 are employed at Lowca collieries ( + 5 others currently unemployed), only 4 in Whitehaven ( + 3 now unemployed) and 2 elsewhere ( + 3 now unemployed). |
| 8: Request to buy Parton land | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Clerk to E.L. Nanson at Lowther Estates Ltd., 1 Sep 1934. [I think we can assume that between April and September there had been some correspondence from the Parish Council]
+ reply, 3 Sep 1934 |
| 8: Draft sale agreement | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: draft sent by E.L. Nanson to ERDC Clerk, 9 Oct 1934 |
| 8: District Valuer involved | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Clerk to District Valuer (Rook), 11 Jan 1935 |
| 8: District Valuer's worries | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: District Valuer to ERDC Clerk, 4 Feb 1935 |
| 8: Expert opinions on mining | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Clerk to District Valuer, 11 Feb 1935
+ District Valuer to ERDC Clerk, 12 Feb 1935 |
| 8: Parish Council informed | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Clerk to Parton P.C. Clerk, 22 Feb 1935 |
| 8: Nudge & valuation | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Clerk reminder to District Valuer, 20 Mar 1935
+ ERDC Clerk thanks to District Valuer for report (with query about second plot), 22 Mar 1935 |
| 8: Moresby site requests | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Clerk to District Valuer, 20 May 1935
+ ERDC Clerk to E.L. Nanson, 21 May 1935 |
| 9: District Valuer's confusion | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: District Valuer to ERDC Clerk, 21 May 1935
+ ERDC Clerk to District Valuer, 22 May 1935 |
| 9: Rejection of Moresby site proposal, & Parton Brow idea | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: E.L. Nanson to ERDC Clerk, 23 May 1935
+ copied by ERDC Clerk to District Valuer, 24 May 1935 |
| 9: District Valuer not informed | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: District Valuer to ERDC Clerk, 25 May 1935
+ reminder 9 Jul 1935 |
| 9: Confirmation of Parton Brow sites | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Clerk to District Valuer, 5 Sep 1935
+ ERDC Clerk to E.L. Nanson, same day |
| 9: Sale agreement & price | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: E.L. Nanson to ERDC Clerk, 20 Sep 1935- covering letter for draft sale agreement [agreement not in file]
+ District Valuer to ERDC Clerk, 23 Sep 1935- enquiry about asking price + reply, 25 Sep 1935 |
| 9-10: Clearance Areas 3-7 details | WRO SRDE 1/3/1 (unnumbered items) Box 2. [These are actually details supplied for the making of the finalised Clearance Orders, a couple of years later.] |
| 10: Ministry of Health negotiations | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Clerk to The Secretary, Ministry of Health, 8 Nov 1935
+ MoH Secretary to ERDC Clerk, 16 Nov 1935 + ERDC Clerk to MoH Secretary, 19 Oct 1935 + MoH Secretary to ERDC Clerk, 12 Dec 1935 |
| 10: Xmas surprise (Lowca land) | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: United Steel Companies Ltd. (Workington Iron & Steel branch) to ERDC, 24 Dec 1935
+ ERDC Clerk to R. Simpson Esq., United Steel Companies, Moss Bay, Workington, 27 Dec 1935 [reply to this missing] + ERDC Clerk to Simpson, 15 Jan 1936 |
| 10: Parton confirmation | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Clerk to E.L. Nanson, 23 Jan 1936
+ reply 24 Jan 1936 |
| 10: More negotiations with Ministry of Health | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: MoH Secretary to ERDC Clerk, 18 Feb 1936
+ ERDC Clerk to MoH Secretary, 12 Mar 1936 [as if responding to MoH letter of 12 Dec 1935] + MoH Secretary to ERDC Clerk, 26 Mar 1936 |
| 10 : Problem with farmer | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: E.L. Nanson to ERDC Clerk, 19 Mar 1936
+ reply, 26 Mar 1936 + ERDC Clerk to MoH Secretary, 28 Mar 1936 |
| 10: The final hoop | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: MoH Secretary to ERDC Clerk, 8 Apr 1936
+ undated draft reply + MoH Secretary to ERDC Clerk, 15 Apr 1936 |
| 10: House plans | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Clerk to MoH Secretary, 16 Apr 1936 [covering letter only, for plans of A2, A2N & A3 houses, mentioning 4-bedroom house plans to follow] |
| 10: Access before completion | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Brockbank, Helder & Ormrod, solicitors, to ERDC Clerk, 21 Apr 1936
+ ERDC Clerk to O.F. Ormrod Esq. (Duke Street, Whitehaven), 25 Apr 1936 + Brockbank &c. to ERDC Clerk, 28 Apr 1936 |
| 10-11: Mortgage problem | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Brockbank &c. to ERDC Clerk, 1 Jul 1936 |
| 11: Farm compensation | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Clerk to J.T. Braithwaite Esq., auctioneer & valuer, Seascale, 9 Jul 1936
+ reply 10 Jul 1936 |
| 11: Complaints about delays | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Parton P.C. Clerk to ERDC Clerk, 25 Jul 1936
+ reply 7 Aug 1936- that the matter had been passed to ERDC Health & Housing Committee "for consideration" + Cyril Brown (40 Main Street Parton, Parton Labour Party Hon. Sec.) to ERDC Clerk, 30 Jul 1936, reciting resolution from meeting on 21 Jul 1936 "That this meeting representative of a large body of Parton ratepayers, expresses its profound dissatisfaction at the slowness of the Rural District Council, in providing housing in accordance with slum clearance, and it further calls upon the said Council to use every means in its power to provide houses at the earliest possible moment." |
| 11: Mortgage problem reminders etc. | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Brockbank &c. to ERDC Clerk, 20 Aug 1936
+ same to ERDC Acting Clerk, 4 Nov 1936 + reply with deed, from ERDC Assistant Clerk, 12 Nov 1936 + ERDC return signed copy of amended conveyance to Brockbank &c., 18 Jan 1937 + Brockbank &c. return final conveyance deed (dated 15 Mar 1937) to ERDC, 7 Apr 1937 |
| 11: Farm compensation reminders etc. | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: John Messenger, Aikbank Farm, to ERDC Clerk, 3 Nov 1936
+ J. Holliday, Lowther Estates Ltd. to ERDC Clerk, 19 Nov 1936 + ERDC Assistant Clerk to J. Messenger, 18 Dec 1936 + same to J. Holliday, same day + reply from J. Messenger to ERDC Clerk, 19 Dec 1936- including remark about Braithwaite |
| 11: Road & sewer tenders | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: ERDC Assistant Clerk (I.F. Harrison) to MoH Secretary, 8 Jan 1937
+ reply, 23 Jan 1937 + ERDC to Thomas Armstrong & Co. Ltd., Cockermouth, 27 Jan 1937 + ERDC Clerk (Mr J.R. Cockfield) to MoH Secretary, 20 Feb 1937- application for loan approval |
| 11: Amended plan approval | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: MoH Secretary to ERDC Clerk, 13 Jan 1937 |
| 11: EXTRA, probable reason for amended plan | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/122: Duplicated notes/statistics on Ennerdale RDC housing needs, 18 Jun 1936, including:
Parton, 82 houses in present Clearance Areas + 29 in proposed additional CA's + 4 houses overcrowded, so total need 115. |
| 11: Road work labourers | Cyril Brown (40 Main Street, Parton) Chairman of Parton P.C., to ERDC Clerk, 23 May 1937
+ reply, 25 May 1937 |
| 12: Housing Association | Evelyn M. Clarke "The Special Areas Legislation with reference to West Cumberland, 1934-1945" (PhD thesis: McMaster University, Canada, 1981; copy available for reference at CRO)
+ Whitehaven News 22 Jul 1937, p7: report of proceedings before Mr Justice Crossman, in the Chancery Division |
| 12: Big Lowca estate | Whitehaven News 12 Aug 1937: report of ERDC full council meeting referring big estate suggestion back to committee |
| 12: N.E.H.A. local office | Whitehaven News 11 Nov 1937, p7: report of concern expressed by ERDC about lack of NEHA local office
+ NEHA local letterhead used from 1938 |
| 12: Takeover of Parton sites | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: Dees & Thompson, solicitors, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to ERDC Clerk, 4 Nov 1937
+ ERDC Clerk to Brockbank &c. solicitors, Whitehaven, 8 Nov 1937 + various other letters in same file relating to the paying-off of ERDC's loan finance etc. |
| 12: House completion clause | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: Dees & Thompson to Brockbank &c., 9 Nov 1937 |
| 12: Ministry approval for takeover | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Ministry of Health to ERDC Clerk, 23 Dec 1937 (in reply to letter of 17 Dec, and referring to District Valuer's report of 9 Dec) |
| 12: Completion hitch | SRDE 1/3/1/129E: apology from Brockbank &c. re Completion Statement, 31 Mar 1938 |
| 12: How many to be rehoused (& grants explanation) | WRO SRDE 1/4/7: ERDC Clerk to MoH Secretary, 14 Dec 1937
+ reply 15 Dec 1937 + ERDC Clerk to NEHA Secretary, 17 Dec 1937- passing on official figure of 288 persons to be re-housed from Clearance Areas 1-7 |
| 12: 74 houses | Referred to in correspondence from Jan 1938, e.g.:
WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: NEHA (Newcastle) to ERDC Clerk, 14 Jan 1938
+ WRO SRDE 1/4/7: ERDC Clerk to MoH Secretary, 17 Jan 1938 (reporting receipt of draft agreement from NEHA, and stating explicitly that the 74 houses are for rehousing people "displaced by action under Part 111 of the Housing Act, 1936") |
| 12: Architects | ERDC Minutes (printed; copies available at WRO): Health & Housing Committee, 7 Jul 1971, item 186 (reply to enquiries about 15 & 17 Seven Acres, apparently with reference to alleged design defects) |
| 12: Proposed rents | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: NEHA Assistant Secretary to ERDC Clerk, 18 Jan 1938 |
| 12: Tenders & rent increase | WRO SRDE 1/3/1/129E: NEHA Secretary to ERDC Clerk, 29 Mar 1938
+ MoH agreement to increased rents, 14 May 1938 |
| 13: Applications for new houses | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: passim from late 1936 onward, including many in early 1938. Those suffering serious overcrowding were given priority for any houses which were surplus to clearance requirements |
| 13: Whale family | WRO SRDE 13/1/54: Eligha Whale, 93 Foundry Road, to ERDC Housing Committee, 22 Sep 1938
+ reply from ERDC Clerk, 11 Oct 1938 |