| Description | Papers and correspondence relating to Whiston Rural District Council's sale of land on the Royal Oak Farm Estate, Whiston, to Lancashire County Council for a proposed County Primary School.
Includes: plans of the area, showing the Royal Oak Farm estate, the area for sale and the Dragon Lane housing (August 1951); correspondence with the Central Land Board, Manchester, regarding the purchase by Whiston R.D.C. of land at Royal Oak Farm from Paramount Estates, Liverpool (1955 - 1956); correspondence with the County Architect, Lancashire County Council, regarding the sale of land between Paramount Estates and Whiston R.D.C. (1956) and the proposed school site at Royal Oak Farm (1951 - 1952); correspondence with Lancashire County Council regarding the sale of land at Royal Oak Farm to the County Council for school purposes (1952 - 1956); draft conveyance, Whiston R.D.C. to Lancashire County Council, of a plot of land on south easterly side of Dragon Lane, Whiston, including report on the proposed sale by the District Valuer, September 1952 (June 1953); Mineral Valuer's report on the site proposed for sale to Lancashire County Council, with attached plan of site (September 1951); correspondence with the District Valuer, Liverpool, regarding the sale of land at Royal Oak Farm to the County Council for school purposes (1952 - 1953); correspondence with the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (1953); copy of questionnaire sent to District Valuer regarding the proposed school site, Royal Oak Farm (July 1952).
The folder also includes: two letters between Whiston R.D.C. and Lancashire County Council regarding the purchase, by the County Council, of land at Shaw Lane, Prescot, for a proposed County School (June 1953); and a plan of part of the High Hill estate, showing land belonging to Whiston R.D.C. alongside Coronation Drive, Prescot, and on the border between Whiston R.D.C. and Prescot Urban District Council (December 1953). |