ASKERN PARISH/TOWN COUNCIL RECORDS

This material is held atDoncaster Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 197 PRASK
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1807-1983
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 11 boxes + 1 map box 0.192 cubic metres

Scope and Content

Comprising: parish council minutes 1894-1955; register of declarations of councillors 1913-1927; accounts 1896-1976; rates and valuation 1907-1924; contracts and agreements 1909-1963; subject and correspondence files 1898-1979; cemetery (not including registers) 1916-1978, burial grants 1919-1966, 1974-1976; The Askernite: The Journal of Askern Town Council 1974- 1983 (not complete); maps and plans 1906-1973; Vestry: poor rate assessment book 1807-1838

Arrangement

The collection is made up of ten series:

PRASK/1: Minutes

PRASK/2: Council Business

PRASK/3: Accounts

PRASK/4: Rates and Valuations

PRASK/5: Legal Papers

PRASK/6: Correspondence

PRASK/7: Parish Magazines

PRASK/8: Cemetery

PRASK/9: Maps and Plans

PRASK/Add: Additional Records

Access Information

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