| Description | Large bundle of correspondence and papers regarding the St. Helens Extension Order, 1954.
Includes: correspondence between the Clerk of Whiston R.D.C. and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government regarding drafts of the Extension Order; correspondence between the Clerk of Whiston R.D.C. and Lancashire County Council regarding amendments and corrections to the Extension Order; two copies of the Statutory Instruments, both with handwritten amendments and notes, containing details of changes, alteration of areas and procedures, including council functions; schedule of proposals with details of population, reasons for the proposed boundary changes, organisation for local government elections with proposed wards, impact on schools, petty sessional divisions and other local services, breakdown of industries and occupations, property owned by the Corporation in the proposed added area; statement regarding the Extension Order and the Parish of Windle by Wilfred Byron, Deputy Clerk to Whiston R.D.C.; correspondence between Whiston R.D.C., the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and St. Helens Council regarding the proposed extension; draft copy of the Extension Order (September 1952); details of, and notes regarding, properties in the proposed area; details of rates collected from the proposed area; copy of Liverpool Extension Bill, 1951. |