| Description | Bundle of papers and correspondence relating to Prescot Urban District Council's Improvement Scheme under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. Includes: draft notes for the scheme; An Act to amend Part III of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890 (8 August 1900); letter to Henry Cross, Clerk to the Prescot U.D.C., from Edward Tracey, Secretary, the British Insulated Wire Company, regarding cottages the company has proposed to build (25 September 1900); handwritten and printed copy of Particulars of Property referred to in the Advertisement of Scheme of the Prescot Urban District Council (2 October 1900); estimates for loan of money required for the purchase of land and erection of housing; lists of property owners affected by the scheme; list of properties, including details of owners and occupiers; letter from T. Baker, to Henry Cross, Clerk, Prescot U.D.C., regarding the cost of building a wall (March 1903); copies of the Prescot Weekly Times and the Prescot Reporter, both 16 February 1901, with public notices about the Improvement Scheme. |