| Description | Large bundle of papers and correspondence relating to the Boundary Commission's proposals for the Liverpool County Borough.
Includes: correspondence with the Halewood Ratepayers and Residents Association, Halewood Parish Council, Hale Parish Council, Kirkby Parish Council and Knowsley Parish Council regarding the Boundary Commission proposals (1946-1947); observations of the Whiston R.D.C. on the provisional decisions of the Boundary Commission (March 1947); correspondence with Lancashire County Council and Warrington Rural District Council regarding the proposals; draft schedules for Whiston R.D.C. (March 1947); notes on proceedings of a conference between the Boundary Commission and members of Lancashire County Council and West Lancashire and Whiston Rural District Councils (February 1947); correspondence with Sir Basil Gibson of the Boundary Commission (1946); table showing Whiston R.D.C. loan debt as at 31st March 1945; tables showing figures for each of the Whiston R.D.C. parishes (Bold, Cronton, Eccleston, Hale, Halewood, Kirkby, Knowsley, Rainhill, Tarbock, Whiston, Windle), including acreage, numbers of houses, population density, and rateable values (1930-31, 1938-39, 1945-46); blank demand note for general and special rates, township of Bold, Whiston R.D.C. (c. 1946); attendance register for conference with the Chairman of the Boundary Commission, Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve, and the Assistant Commissioner, Sir Basil Gibson (July 1946); copy of the observations of the Whiston R.D.C. on the review of areas by the Boundary Commission, intended for submission at the meeting with the Chair and Assistant Commissioner in July 1946, includes minor amendments; copy of 'Design for the New Community Town of Halewood Near Liverpool' booklet, by Watson Garbutt, Architect, Surveyor and Planning Officer to the Whiston R.D.C. (c. 1946); handwritten notes on the history of the district (c. 1961); figures and information concerning the use of land in Kirkby, Knowsley, Halewood and Hale (including Royal Ordnance Factory in Kirkby, rural areas, residential, industry and agriculture), c. 1946; draft notes for Chairman of Whiston R.D.C. for visit of Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve and Sir Basil Gibson (July 1946); notes prepared by Watson Garbutt, Engineer and Surveyor, for Whiston R.D.C. in their considerations of the Boundary Commission's proposals; abstracts of treasurer's accounts for 1938-1946; estimates of population for Kirkby, Knowsley, Hale and Halewood in 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946; correspondence with the Boundary Commission (1946); typescript minutes and handwritten notes of a meeting of the borough of Widnes, the urban districts of Huyton-with-Roby and Prescot, and the rural districts of Whiston and West Lancashire, regarding Liverpool City Council's extension proposals (May 1946); copy of resolution passed by Liverpool City Council to seek to alter and extend the boundaries of the city (May 1946); Review of Areas by the Local Government Boundary Commission, report of Whiston R.D.C. Sub-Committee (June 1946); Liverpool Echo newspaper article about the proposal to extend the boundaries of the city of Liverpool (1946); Liverpool Daily Post, April 24, 1946, containing articles about the proposed extension of Liverpool city. |