| Description | Title deeds for the Manor of Middleham 1592-1735; the market, fairs and tolls 14th century-1703; recreation ground 1926; messuage and lands in Middleham 1664-1772; Middleham bridge 1864-1886.
Manorial documents for Cobham ("Coveham") in Surrey 1496-1497; Middleham manorial records including court rolls and books 1690-1844, court papers 1730-1889, byelawmen 1790-1798, boundaries 1618-1739, stinting 1720-1889, quarrying and lime burning 1756-1877, fairs and markets 1653-1889, survey 1618, rentals 1702-1761.
Legal documents 1669-1887.
Parish records including records of the overseers of the poor 1739-1907; constables 1782-1795; churchwardens 1841-1870; surveyors of the highways 1826-1854.
Parish Council records including minute books 1894-201; financial statements 1897-1908; specification and tenders 1897-1903; tenancy agreement 1898; election of parish councillors 1891-1907; vouchers 1894-1938; insurance 1896-1898; lighting and watching 1833-1911; correspondence 1896-1938; declarations of acceptance of office 1949-1979; rate books 1931-1933; accounts 1906-1928; Playing Fields Management Committee minutes 1951-1961.
General correspondence 1670-1897.
Miscellaneous records including printed pamphlets 1880-1904; programme for an amateur concert at Middleham Castle 1863; picture of Middleham Castle 1885; valuations of Middleham township 1849; parish statistics 1961.
Recreation ground papers including War Memorial Recreation Ground Committee minute book 1925-1937; Playing Fields Association account book 1944-1974; proposed rules and constitution for the Recreation Ground Committee n.d.
Public Rooms Committee records including minutes 1911-1962; accounts 1928-1967; memorandum of agreement to let 1942; constitution and rules for the Public Rooms 1947; correspondence 1959-1965; rules of the Middleham Public Rooms Committee and the rules of the Middleham Reading and Recreation Rooms 1899.
Parish meeting minute book 1846-1859.
Middleham Bridge records including notes on the history of the bridge with plan 1886; Middleham Bridge trust accounts and minutes 1888-1934; Charity Commission order certifying approval of a trustee 1897; copy resolution of the parish council relating to the road north of Middleham bridge 1901.
Middleham Moor Committee records including minutes 1878-1979; accounts 1820-1979; rules and regulations 1905-1961; lists of householders 1948-1979; agreements 1959; letters and papers 1959-1979. |
| 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. |
| Copies | Parts of this collection have been microfilmed [MIC 1040, 1159, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1221, 1730, 2314, 2315, 2339, 2348, 2424, 3964]. |