| Description | Most of the contents of this box concern a proposal in the early 1920s by the Matlocks Urban District Council to amalgamate that council with neighbouring councils of Matlock Bath and Scarthin Nick, North Darley, South Darley and Bonsall, together with the parishes of Cromford and Tansley which at that time were detached portions of Bakewell Rural District Council. The proposal generated opposition: local public inquires were held in January 1923 and February 1924; and the matter was the subject of an adjournment debate in Parliament.
County of Derby (The Matlocks Urban District) Order: 1923
Financial Tables: 1924: 9 copies and a proof copy
Associated correspondence: 1924-1926: correspondents include William Baker & Son and Janson Cobb Pearson & Co, Parliamentary solicitors
Legal opinion: (and 3 copies) 1924: by Alexander MacMorran: legality of an order made by Derbyshire County Council in 1923
Local Inquiry documents: 1924: Instructions to Counsel; invoice from E Williams, Matlock Bath for taxi journeys; schedules of legal expenses
Petition by Bakewell Rural District Council and Briefs for Local Inquiry
Official Report: Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons; 7 May 1924: (3 copies): includes adjournment debate: Marquess of Hartington challenged the Minister of Health's confirmation of an order relating to amalgamation of some local councils in the Matlock area
Minutes of Evidence by I G Gibbon, Ministry of Health: 1923: Royal Commission on Local Government (Onslow Commission)
Single page: The Derbyshire Advertiser 11 April 1924
Original newspaper: The High Peak News 4 October 1924
The following items have no apparent connection with the 1920s Matlock local government amalgamation:
Newspaper cuttings: 1903-1904: relate to a dispute about land acquisition for water supply improvement in Matlock Bath: land owned by Mary Ann Pearson (died 1903) succeeded by her brother James Pearson, resident in Australia
Petition: 1901: (6 copies): by ten Derbyshire urban district councils against proposals in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Bill; with associated correspondence Baker, Lees &Co, Westminster.
Parliamentary Bill: 1901: Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Electric Power Bill
Petition: 1898: by Derbyshire County Council against General Power Distributing Bill
Agreement: 1908: Matlock and Matlock Bath & Scarthin Urban District Councils: sewer construction
Copy of resolution: 1891: Meeting of Matlock ratepayers: disproportionate representation on Bakewell Board of Guardians given increased population of Matlock
Act of Parliament: Ilkeston and Heanor Water Act 1901
Memorandum and Articles of Association: 1893: The Matlock Pleasure Gardens Company Ltd |