| Description | Bundle of papers and correspondence regarding housing loans, relating to the Assisted Housing Scheme, 1919 and the Housing Acts, 1923, 1924 and 1925. Includes: correspondence between Prescot Urban District Council and the Ministry of Health; report of a meeting in Manchester between a deputation from Prescot U.D.C., Mr Pickmere (Architect), Mr Gleave (Streets and Sewers Surveyor) and Mr Topping (Secretary to the Housing Commissioner), regarding the proposed construction of streets in the Manchester Road area of Prescot; correspondence with John Lucas & Son, Builders and Contractors, Prescot, regarding the purchase of land known as 'Camp Fields,' including the roadway between Lancaster Terrace and Plumbs House (February 1927); correspondence with William Ellis, Architect, regarding construction of 12 houses in Manchester Road, Prescot (October 1927); blank application forms for loans from Prescot U.D.C. under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts, 1899 and 1919, and the Housing, etc, Act, 1923; and Ministry of Health government circulars. |