Parish of wadhurst

For files maintained by treasurers of the PCC, see PAR 498/16/8; for accounts 1922-1949 see PAR 498/9/3/1

The documents increase in detail, sophistication and size in the course of time

Earlier balance sheets are filed with the PCC minutes

Maintained by the churchwardens alone until 1921; the churchwardens acted as joint Treasurers of the PCC between 1922 and 1929, when a separate PCC treasurer was appointed

includes lists of subscribers, and accounts of the Mission Church and the Cousley Wood Mission

For the file of the PCC treasurer relating to the termination of the Church Lands Charity, see PAR 498/24/5

For the minutes of the committee, see PAR 498/14/3

paper [by the Rev L J Causton] suggesting that the provision of housing for all is a Christian duty, 'not as state socialism, but, far better, as the result of the free impulse of heart and conscience'

[by Miss Boyd, Hill House, Wadhurst]; lists married men with one or no children, families with two or more children, bachelors wishing to marry, widows or single women with dependants, caravans and cottages of which complaints have been received; annotated with comments [by F H Fox, surveyor]

with covering letter from the designer, Amy A Long, New Barn, Wallcrouch, suggesting that 'overcrowded dwellings are known to be hotbeds of disease and revolution; and no doubt the housing shortage is to a considerable extent responsible for strikes'

extensive discussion of housing need, the marring of 'this naturally beautiful district' by haphazard development, the inadequacy of the byelaws, conflicts of interest on the RDC, the occupation of grant-aided houses by 'people who possess motor cars and wireless sets', and determination that Wadhurst 'shall not be allowed to degenerate as it is fast doing now owing to the selfish greed of a few grasping individuals'; drafted by H A Fox

letters from H A Fox, surveyor, Westminster and Wadhurst; Leonard J Hodson, chairman of Ticehurst RDC; John B Snell, solicitor, Tunbridge Wells; Sir Kingsley Wood, ministry of Health

signed by the churchwardens and members of the Finance Committee of the PCC

J H Fox to the vicar and churchwardens

J H Fox at the request of the PCC

F C Eeles at the request of the vicar

letters from the Imperial War Graves Commission to the Rev David Rice and Miss H M Leigh, treasurer of the PCC; includes list of war graves

awaiting removal to Loughborough prior to retuning and replacement in the newly constructed belfry chamber after damage by death watch beetle

Bernard Thorpe and Partners to the PCC

by Duncan Wylson, 11 High Street, Rye, architect

reports of William S Newman, 17 Aug and 19 Sep 1977, with drawings and photographs

For papers relating to Carillon Cottage, see PAR 498/16/6

Chichester Diocesan Fund, at the request of the PCC of Wadhurst, to Frank James Cartman, for 30 years or for as long as he remains curate, at £100

with photographs of parish groups and activities and messages from the bishop of Chichester and the vicar

Carillon Cottage, a timber-framed house on the north side of Wadhurst High Street (ESX 161669), was purchased by the PCC in 1999 as a facility for church activities and community use after plans for an extension to the vestry had been abandoned.

The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance with Wadhurst PCC; recites purchase of the cottage by the PCC and its transfer to the Board

termed Management Committee from Sep 2004; includes committee papers

includes committee papers

largely relates to the promotion of the scheme, reports on the fabric of the building and to fundraising

largely relates to the promotion of the scheme and to fundraising

includes regular financial reports and projections

and other papers concerning volunteers; mostly undated

includes Person Profile, vision statement and values and Parish Profile, with photographs of the churches

For a treasurer's file relating to the Church Lands Charity, see PAR 498/24/5

includes forms showing income and expenditure

For incumbents' tithe accounts 1745-1919 see PAR 498/6/1/1

by John Budgen, 26.6 inches : 1 mile, 154 inches x 136 inches

giving details of the owner, occupier, name of estate and acreage; probably compiled from the tithe apportionment in connection with rating; watermark 1845

Parcel numbers 23; 53-59

Parcel numbers 973-981; 1334-1337; 1339-1340; 1342-1350

Parcel numbers 1511-1512A; 1514A-1515A-B; 1516-1523; 1526-1527; 1575-1583; 1586-1589; 1588B; 1645

Parcel numbers 30A-C

Parcel numbers 2253-2254; 2257; 2272-2273; 2277-2280

Parcel numbers 1301-1308

Parcel numbers 720A-729A-C; 737C,E-F; 738-740; 742; 744; 747-754; 756; 758-759; 760A; 779-800; 805-818; 821-834; 1041-1048

Parcel numbers 2437-2439

Parcel numbers 31-31A

Parcel number 61

Parcel numbers 1790; 1792-1799; 1898-1899

Parcel number 2257

Parcel numbers 1306-1333; 1056