Annual Parish Meeting – 30th March 1914
Minutes of the twentieth Annual Assembly of the Parish Meeting
held in the School-room, Great Longstone, on the 30th of March 1914.
Present:
Mr A. W. J. Eyre (Chairman),
Mr J. Bridge,
Mr W. Orr,
Mr J. Wager,
Mr A. M. Wager,
Mr G. Hambleton,
Mr J. White,
Mr W. Ward
and I. Shinwell (Clerk)
The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
Charities
An account of the Milne and Wrights Charities was sent by the Rev. G. Andrew – also a list of the recipients.
Milne Charity
Income: £1. 5. 0
Expenditure: £1. 5. 0
The following persons received 2/6 each:
- Eliza Brightmore
- Ann Eyre
- Ann Furniss
- Ellen Furniss
- Sarah Hill
- Jane Morton
- Eliza Sellers
- Sarah Sheldon
- Jane Slack
- Jane Turner
William & Thomas Wrights Charities
Opening Balance: £23. 12. 9
Income: £10. 0. 0
Bank Interest: £1. 18. 3
Total: £35. 11. 0
Expenditure (Tea): £2. 11. 0
Other Charges: £3. 0. 0
Balance Carried Forward: £30. 0. 0
Recipients of William & Thomas Wrights Charities
3 lbs of tea each:
- Elizabeth Blackwell
- Eliza Brightmore
- William Eyre
- Ann Furniss
- Ellen Furniss
- Sarah Hall
- Sarah Sheldon
2 lbs of tea each:
- E. Doddesmeade
- Ann Eyre
- Jane Morton
- Rose Morton
- Jane Slack
Capt. Henry Wright’s Charity
Opening Balance: £41. 3. 2
Income: £32. 0. 0
Bank Interest: £1. 2. 3
Total: £74. 5. 5
Expenditure on Charity: £24. 7. 9
Balance Carried Forward: £49. 17. 8
Recipients of 2 lb meat, 6 loaf & 6d
- Elizabeth Blackwell
- Eliza Brightmore
- S. Doddemeade
- Ann Eyre
- Ann Furniss
- Ellen Furniss
- Sarah Hill
- Jane Morton
- Eliza Sellers
- Sarah Sheldon
- Jane Slack
- Wm. Ward
Recipients of Clothes
- Ann Eyre
- Ellen Furniss
- Sarah Hill
- Robert Johnson
Recipients of R. Eyre’s Charity distributed by the Overseers:
- Eliza Brightmore – 2/-
- Elizᵗʰ Blackwell – 2/-
- Ann Eyre – 2/-
- Wm Eyre – 2/-
- Ann Furniss – 2/-
- Ellen Furniss – 2/-
- Sarah Hill – 2/-
- Emma Jupp – 2/-
- Wm. Ward – 2/-
- Eliza Sellers – 2/-
Fire Brigade
The Chairman proposed that a vote of thanks be forwarded to the Capt. and members of the Fire Brigade for their services.
Mr Bridge seconded, and it was carried unanimously.
Special Expenses Rate
On the proposition of Mr Hambleton a resolution was passed instructing the Clerk to write to the Stoke Flat Rates Committee to enquire why the Special Expenses rate is 1/4 in the Great Longstone area and only 6d in the East Ashford area.
Also to request the Stoke Flat Rates Committee to supply the parishes comprised in the scheme with a balance sheet showing the accounts of each parish.
A. W. J. Eyre, Chairman
