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Ilmer Parish Meeting Minutes · Subject archive

25 Feb 1903 Appointed overseers and nominated three parish constables. Read minutes
24 Mar 1904 Corrected omitted parish cottage rent in the accounts and re-appointed overseers and constables. Read minutes
21 Mar 1906 Appointed officers, sought the parish Award Map, and formed a committee on footbridges and stiles. Read minutes
21 Mar 1907 Re-appointed officers, assessed Gomme's new house, and agreed a sleeper bridge at Cold Harbour. Read minutes
18 Mar 1908 Resolved not to sell the parish cottage and left letting to the overseers. Read minutes
24 Mar 1909 Appointed overseers, constables and re-elected Rev J. E. Varley as chairman. 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
22 Mar 1911 Elected George Gomme as chairman and ordered parish footbridges put into a passable condition. Read minutes
25 Mar 1912 Elected Rev H. M. Gorham as chairman and invited tenders for fifteen footbridges. Read minutes
1 Mar 1913 Re-elected officers and accepted a tender for the parish footbridges. 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
29 Feb 1916 Asked Walker again to make good the bridges and appointed overseers and constables. Read minutes
2 Mar 1917 Appointed Rev H. M. Gorham as chairman with Goodchild and Kingham as overseers and constables. 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
28 Feb 1921 Elected Rev W. M. Tuke as chairman and asked for an Illmire representative on the Board of Guardians. Read minutes
28 Feb 1922 Complained to the District Council that Ilmer paid heavily in rates while its roads remained dangerous. Read minutes
1 Mar 1923 Re-elected officers and authorised cottage chimney and floor repairs up to five pounds. Read minutes
6 Mar 1926 Elected Albert Goodchild as chairman and asked for the pond to be fenced and roadside gutters piped. Read minutes
3 Mar 1927 Appointed Robert Bailey as clerk and authorised up to seven pounds to make the cottages watertight. Read minutes
28 Feb 1928 Asked the District Council to patch the Cold Harbour road and agents to repair stiles towards Bledlow. Read minutes
28 Feb 1929 Pressed again for stile repairs and asked for Illmire Road gutters to be piped. Read minutes
28 Feb 1930 Nominated Geoffrey Brian Quint and Harry Goodchild as parish constables. 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
2 Mar 1933 Issued a three-pound precept and asked the railway company for a shelter at Ilmer Halt. Read minutes
3 Mar 1934 Referred the refused Ilmer Halt shelter to the new Longwick-cum-Ilmer Parish Council. Read minutes