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Croydon Parish Church English
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Croydon Parish Church

  • PR1
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  • 1702 - 1927

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England Parish Records

Croydon Parish: Overseers' Account Books

The account books record the payment of bills, mainly relating to the supply of provisions and services at the workhouse, and the cost of journeys to other parishes, and of poor relief to individuals. Names of recipients, and occasionally some details about their circumstances, are given.

Croydon Parish: Churchwardens' Records

Churchwardens were elected annually at the Easter Vestry. Their many duties included the maintenance of the church fabric; providing facilities for worship; helping to maintain the parish registers; reporting on parishioners who failed to attend church regularly or who committed 'moral' offences which were tried before the church courts; and ensuring that the Incumbent fulfilled his responsibilities.

Croydon Parish: Draft Register of Burials and Baptisms

Contains baptisms 20 June 1765 - 30 April 1796; and burials 14 June 1765 - 28 April 1796.\r\n\r\nThe first page, which contains burials Dec 1868 - Apr 1769, was bound out of order when the volume was rebound. The original first page (which is now the second page), bears the following inscriptions: 'This book I bought for my own Private use and contains all Christenings, and Burials since the Death of Mr John Piddock who was Clerk of this Parish 37 years. Beginning from June the 19th 1765. The Revd Mr East Apthorpe, Vicar, Joseph Hart, Clerk.\r\n\r\n'Thomas Levers his. bought of the survivor of Joseph Hart and Remains his for his own private use, since the death of the Above [Hart was buried 11 Nov 1779, aged 64]. The Revd Dr Apthorp, Vicar, Thomas Levers, Clerk, Nov 1779

Croydon Parish: Wasteland Trustees Records

The Waste Lands Trustees (formally known as the Corporation for the Management of the Wastelands of the Parish of Croydon) were appointed under the terms of the Croydon Enclosure Act of 1797, to take responsibility for the various small but scattered parcels of land which came into the hands of the Parish. They first met on 2 May 1801. In theory, the Trustees were subsidiary to the Parish Vestry, but in practice they became the more powerful body. An Act of Parliament for Rebuilding the Court House and Butter Market House of 1806 empowered them to carry out this rebuilding, financed through the sale of some of the parcels of land in Norwood. The result was the new Town Hall (Courthouse and Cornmarket), completed in 1809; and the Butter Market of 1810. Thereafter, the Trustees were responsible for maintaining these buildings, for running the markets, and for various other matters, such as (in the early 1820s) paving the footpaths and causeways of the town. The Trustees consisted of the Vicar, Churchwardens, Overseers, and six inhabitants of Croydon. In their early years, they met at irregular intervals, but normally a few weeks apart. Meetings became gradually less frequent, and in January 1826 it was agreed that they should meet half-yearly: in fact, they more often met annually from then on. Their first meeting(s) was/were held in the Greyhound Inn, but from December 1801 they met in the Town Hall, except for the period when it was being rebuilt, 1807-1809, when they met either at the King's Arms or in the Vestry Room. In August 1805, the Trustees authorised the engraving of a common seal. As other local government bodies were established in Croydon, the Waste Lands Trustees became something of an anachronism. They were wound up in July 1869, and their property passed to the Local Board of Health.

Croydon Parish: Improvement Commissioners' Records

Croydon Improvement Commissioners were constituted by an 1829 'Act for lighting, watching and improving the Town of Croydon in the County of Surrey; for providing Lodgings for the judges at the Assizes holden in the same town and for other purposes relating thereto'. Twenty local people were appointed at a Public Vestry on 2nd June 1829, and the first meeting, at which the Vicar of Croydon was elected Chairman, was held on 11th June. The minutes of the Commissioners, which form a complete series, show their wide-ranging responsibilities. They provided lighting for Croydon's main streets, funded out of a specially levied rate, and organised the town's gas supply. They provided accomodation for Judges attending the Surrey Assizes, which were regularly held at Croydon, and were also responsible for the maintenance of law and order within the parish. They maintained the town gaol, and funded and equipped a small force of constables, headed by Superintendant of Police William Smith, until the formation of the Metropolitan Police Force in 1839. At various times, they also ran the local Fire Brigade, maintained public pavements and (at the meeting of 24th July 1829) compiled a list of street names, someof which were subsequently changed. During the 1840s, growing concern with public health was reflected in a growing number of compalints about open sewers, dung heaps and other public nuisances. In March 1848 the Commissioners were presented with a report on the sanitary condition of Croydon, which highlighted the lack of any proper sewerage or drainage system, and which resulted in the division of the parish into five sanitary districts, with a Commissioner appointed to each. Ultimately, however, the Commissioners were unable, or unwilling to instigate real change, and they were replaced by the Local Board of Health in 1849.

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