Circular letter from Thomas J Parsons, mayor, appealing for funds for purchase of cottages in Church Street, Cowbridge, and copy annotated with list of subscriptions promised

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Cowbridge Borough RecordsBCOW

Clerk's DepartmentBCOW/C

Bye-laws and ordinancesBCOW/C/1

‘Cowbridge Town. Admission of Burgesses’ book.BCOW/C/2

‘Cowbridge Town. The book of Oaths’BCOW/C/3

Minutes of the Borough CourtsBCOW/C/4-6

Minutes of the Municipal CouncilBCOW/C/7

Committee minutesBCOW/C/8

Minutes of the Finance CommitteeBCOW/C/9

Fire Brigade Committee minutesBCOW/C/10

Draft minutesBCOW/C/11

LetterbooksBCOW/C/12

Clerk’s scribbling diaries and town hall lettingsBCOW/C/13

Corporation letters'BCOW/C/14

Copy of charter granted to borough of Cowbridge by Charles II, 8 August 33 Charles II (1681)BCOW/C/15

Presentments, precepts and admission of burgessesBCOW/C/16

Window and land tax assessmentsBCOW/C/17-19

Court of Aldermen and Court of Common CouncilBCOW/C/20-26

Borough charter 1681 and papers relating to the incorporation of the boroughBCOW/C/27-30

Market tolls, letting of tolls, town hall, charities, etcBCOW/C/31-32

Declarations and appointments of office holders, applications and bondsBCOW/C/33

Cowbridge Grammar SchoolBCOW/C/34

Ferro-Concrete Bridge Construction over river ThawBCOW/C/35

Cowbridge Fire BrigadeBCOW/C/36

Miscellaneous papersBCOW/C/37

Bye-laws and official noticesBCOW/C/38

Miscellaneous itemsBCOW/C/39-67

Planning mattersBCOW/C/68-70

Rating and assessmentBCOW/C/71-74

DeedsBCOW/C/75

Summons for court, rough minutes, extracts from earlier minutes, related correspondence and receiptsBCOW/C/76/1, 2

Agreement between Glamorgan County Council and the Cowbridge Urban Authority for maintenance of roads for year ending 31 March 1895BCOW/C/77

Mid Glamorgan Water Board Bill and ActBCOW/C/78

Local Government Board correspondenceBCOW/C/79/1-27

Admission of freemenBCOW/C/80/1, 2

Borough Council electionsBCOW/C/81/1-10

Ballot Act, 1872: Regulations (copy) for the inspection of documents submitted by the mayor and town clerk, and agreed by HH Asquith, one of principal Secretaries of StateBCOW/C/82

Corporation propertyBCOW/C/83-86

Markets and tollsBCOW/C/87

Water supplyBCOW/C/88

LightingBCOW/C/89

PavingBCOW/C/90

Lodging housesBCOW/C/91

Specification by E Jenkin William for proposed slaughterhouse, with estimate and correspondenceBCOW/C/92/1-13

RoadsBCOW/C/93

Housing scheme correspondenceBCOW/C/94/1, 2

Fire Brigade accountsBCOW/C/95

Reading room and Young Men’s InstituteBCOW/C/96/1-24

Cowbridge Grammar SchoolBCOW/C/97-98

Proposed intermediate schoolBCOW/C/99

Notice to ratepayers and inhabitants of Cowbridge of public meeting to form a committee, to be held on 18 September 1891BCOW/C/99/1

Minutes of public meetingBCOW/C/99/2

Letter (copy) notifying proposed committee members of their nominationBCOW/C/99/3

Letters of acceptance to sit on committee from Herbert R Homfray of Penllyn Castle, Iltyd Nicholl of The Ham, and FW Dunn, The CrossBCOW/C/99/4-6

Letter from JS Gibbon, Newton House, declining to sit on committeeBCOW/C/99/7

Letters from T Mansel Franklen, clerk to Glamorgan County CouncilBCOW/C/99/8-12

Letter from E John, mayor, to WT Gwyn concerning date for local committee meetingBCOW/C/99/13

Letter from WF Evans, headmaster of Cowbridge Grammar School, to WT Gwyn, proposing meeting; notice (copy) of committee meeting; and letter of apology from Iltyd Nicholl for absenceBCOW/C/99/14-16

Letters from WER Allen, deputy clerk of Glamorgan County Council, to William T Gwyn concerning plan of landBCOW/C/99/17-19

Letter from Bruton and Williams, architects, Cardiff, giving scale of chargesBCOW/C/99/20-22

Letter of apology from FW Dunn, The Cross. Unable to attend, etc.BCOW/C/99/23

Circular letter from mayor giving copy of resolution proposing committee to collect funds to purchase cottages in Church Street for part of Boys’ Intermediate School, and inviting recipient to serve on committee March 1894; circular letter inviting attendBCOW/C/99/24-26

Circular letter from Thomas J Parsons, mayor, appealing for funds for purchase of cottages in Church Street, Cowbridge, and copy annotated with list of subscriptions promisedBCOW/C/99/27, 28

Lists of subscriptionsBCOW/C/99/29-36

Letter from John Bevan, in Italy, concerning fund raising and enclosing a list of subscriptionsBCOW/C/99/37, 38

Circular letter (and copy) from Thomas J Parsons (mayor 1894) as chairman of committee, convening meeting of subscribersBCOW/C/99/39

Circular letter (and copy) from William T Gwyn inviting representatives of parishes to meeting on 31 August 1894BCOW/C/99/40

Card sent by William T Gwyn inviting to meeting, endorsed with list of recipientsBCOW/C/99/41

Correspondence and rough minutes of meeting 18 August 1897 diverting subscriptions to proposed new schoolBCOW/C/99/42-55

Circular letter (and copy) requesting ministers to bring to notice of chapel members the claims of Cowbridge to the establishment of a Boys’ Intermediate SchoolBCOW/C/99/56

Memorial (and copy) addressed to the Technical Instruction Committee of Glamorgan County Council, for completion by ministers and deacons of chapelsBCOW/C/99/57

Receipted billsBCOW/C/99/58-64

Minutes of meetings of subscribers at which return of subscriptions was proposedBCOW/C/99/65

List of subscriptions and expensesBCOW/C/99/66

Circular letter (and copy) from William T Gwyn to accompany a returned subscriptionBCOW/C/99/67

Bank paying-in books, counterfoils and chequesBCOW/C/99/68-72

Letters acknowledging receipt of returned subscriptionsBCOW/C/99/73-104

Bill of costs of John Stockwood, solicitor, who acted in purchase of Church Street cottages, receipted 27 September 1899; and covering letter 29 September 1899BCOW/C/99/105, 106

Plan and section of closet and urinal to be built at post office approved by Cowbridge Urban Sanitary AuthorityBCOW/C/100

Printed notices and regulations concerning smallpox and vaccinations;BCOW/C/101/1-6

Civic, borough and other eventsBCOW/C/102-109

Swimming bath and pavilionBCOW/C/110

FinanceBCOW/C/111

PapersBCOW/C/112

‘Cowbridge town roll. A foot-note to its history and vicissitudes’:BCOW/C/113

PhotographsBCOW/C/114

Copy of survey of Cowbridge Borough of 1630BCOW/C/115

Report to the Local Government Board on Sanitary Administration in the Bridgend Registration Distrct and acompanying correspondenceBCOW/C/116

Borough TreasurerBCOW/T