Croydon Parish: Wasteland Trustees' Rough Minute Book
- PR1/10/1/5
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- May 1801 - Jun 1807
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Croydon Parish: Wasteland Trustees' Rough Minute Book
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Croydon Parish: Wasteland Trustees' Rough Minute Book
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Croydon Parish: Wasteland Trustees' Account Books
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Croydon Parish: Wasteland Trustees' Account Book
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Croydon Parish: Wasteland Trustees' Account Book
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Copy of PR1/10/2/1 but with large gaps
Croydon Parish: Wasteland Trustees' Account Book
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Rental payments for stands in the Corn Market, and rooms and cellars in the Town Hall
Croydon Parish: Wasteland Trustees' Account Book
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Croydon Parish: Wasteland Trustees' Account Book
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Croydon Parish: Improvement Commissioners' Records
Part of Croydon Parish Church
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.
Croydon Parish: Improvement Commissioners' Minute Book
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Croydon Parish: Improvement Commissioners' Minute Book
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Croydon Parish: Improvement Commissioners' Rough Minute Book
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Croydon Parish: Improvement Commissioners' Rough Minute Book
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Church Buildings Rates - Under various Acts of Parliament, parishes were authorised to collect rates to pay for new church buildings. From 1828, Croydon collected rates to pay for two new chapels-of-ease, which opened in 1829: they eventually became the churches of All Saints, Upper Norwood, and St James, Croydon Common.\r\n\r\nChurch Rates - An Act of 1760/1 (1 Geo III) authorised the parish of Croydon to collect rates for repairing the parish church. A later Act of 1825 (6 Geo IV) authorised Croydon to collect rates to defray the expenses of the Churchwardens': these were also known as Church Rates.\r\n\r\nGeneral Purposes Rates - Under an Act of 1829 (10 Geo IV), Croydon was authorised to collect rates for
lighting, watching and improving the town of Croydon . . . and for providing lodging for the judges at the Assizes . . . and for other purposes relating thereto'. These rates were sometimes known as Lighting Rates' until the late 1830s, and afterwards as
General Purposes Rates'. Only the town of Croydon (and not the outlying parts of the parish) appears to have been rated.\r\n\r\nHighways Rates - Croydon collected these rates under an Act of 1813/14 (54 Geo III), for the amendment and preservation of the public highways within England'.\r\n\r\nPoor Rates - Croydon was specifically authorised to collect these under an Act of 1825 (6 Geo IV), for
better collecting and assessing the Poor and other Parochial rates in the parish of Croydon'.
Croydon Parish: Church Rate - First division
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Part of Croydon Parish Church
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Croydon Parish: General Purposes Rate
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Croydon Parish: Church Buildings Rate
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Part of Croydon Parish Church
Part of Croydon Parish Church