| Description | Minute books 1909-2019.
Accounts including receipt and payment books 1919-2019; treasurer's receipt and payment notebooks 1895-1984; financial statements 1943-1992.
Correspondence and papers including letter books 1969-1987; letters on miscellaneous topics 1971-1992; correspondence with Scarborough Borough Council relating to the financing of functions 1974-1976; letters relating to Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee 1976-1978, the development of Church Farm 1975-1980, building works at the New Tavern 1984-1986, public rights of way at Woodlands 1987-1994, Pond House 1966-1995, proposals for Whitby Hospital and local health care 1977-1995, 'Best Kept Village' competitions 1965-1999, Featherbed Lane 1976-2000, developments at Woodlands Nursing Home 1987-2000, Yorkshire Water Services improvement programme 2000.
Miscellaneous records including a survey of Whitby 1958; programme of events on "The Wedding Day" 1981; Whitby Town Council Northern Area Home Safety sub-committee minutes and agenda 1987-1988; leaflet relating to parish council elections 1991; plans relating to Whitby Potash Ltd's solution mining project n.d.; Aislaby Village Trail n.d.; leaflet about St Catherine's Hospice for the Scarborough District n.d. |
| Administrative history | Parish councils were established by the Local Government Act 1894 which specified that there should be a parish meeting for every rural parish and a parish council for every parish with a population of over 300. Provision was also made for parish councils in parishes with smaller populations to be established by special order of the County Council. |