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Ilmer Parish Meeting Minutes · Subject archive
- 24 Mar 1904 Corrected omitted parish cottage rent in the accounts and re-appointed overseers and constables. Read minutes
- 18 Mar 1908 Resolved not to sell the parish cottage and left letting to the overseers. Read minutes
- 23 Mar 1910 Asked for the roadway by the church to be widened and raised cottage rents to a shilling a week. Read minutes
- 3 Jun 1912 Postponed the footbridge tenders until after parish property was disposed of. Read minutes
- 10 Mar 1914 Agreed to pay for the bridges once earth was supplied and to rebuild the Close End closet. Read minutes
- 6 Mar 1915 Pressed for unfinished bridge and closet works, then withdrew a new-bridge proposal that would create a public path. Read minutes
- 1 Mar 1918 Ordered repairs to three footbridges and the Close End well and closets, and raised overseers' travelling pay. Read minutes
- 28 Feb 1919 Appointed John B. Bailey as assistant overseer and asked Gomme to inspect W. Kingham's cottage. Read minutes
- 28 Feb 1920 Appointed a treasurer, issued a £12 precept and asked for parish cottage repairs. Read minutes
- 8 Oct 1921 Referred a bridleway bridge to the District Council and capped cottage repairs at five pounds. Read minutes
- 1 Mar 1923 Re-elected officers and authorised cottage chimney and floor repairs up to five pounds. Read minutes
- 29 Feb 1924 Agreed Albert Goodchild's proposed footpath diversion, subject to confirmation at a later meeting. Read minutes
- 3 Mar 1927 Appointed Robert Bailey as clerk and authorised up to seven pounds to make the cottages watertight. Read minutes
- 31 Mar 1930 Asked whether a government grant could help repair the parish cottages, and about uncleared ditches. Read minutes
- 26 Feb 1931 Pressed for a cottage-repair grant and an iron pipe under the Cold Harbour roadway. Read minutes
- 3 Mar 1932 Recorded Albert Goodchild's death; Mrs Goodchild thatched the cottages and offered to wait for repayment from rents. Read minutes