Catalogue description West Castle Ward Petty Sessional Division of Northumberland

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Details of MG.CW
Reference: MG.CW
Title: West Castle Ward Petty Sessional Division of Northumberland
Description:

MG.CW/1/1-65 Court registers, Court no. 1, 1915-1974 (65 volumes)

 

MG.CW/2/1-7 Court registers, Court no. 2, 1919-1953 (7 volumes)

 

MG.CW/3/1-25 Juvenile Court registers, 1933-1974 (25 volumes)

 

MG.CW/4 Married women's orders, bastardy orders and detention orders relating to Benwell and Fenham Urban District, 1888-1904 (1 volume)

 

MG.CW/5 Married women's orders, bastardy orders, detention orders and orders under the Elementary Education Act, relating to Walker Urban District, 1888-1904 (1 volume)

 

MG.CW/6/1-7 Married women's orders, bastardy orders, health orders, lunacy orders etc relating to West Castle Ward, 1873-1916 (7 volumes)

 

MG.CW/7 Probation Case Committee minutes, 1940-1967 (1 volume)

 

Licensing Justices

 

MG.CW/8/1-6 Licensing registers. Includes full public house licences, beerhouse, off-licences for beer, wine and spirits, bagatelle, music and dancing, cinema and billiards, 1872-1960 (6 volumes)

 

MG.CW/9/1-2 Clubs registers, 1922-1960 (2 volumes)

 

MG.CW/10/1-4 Registers of premises registered under the 1875 Explosives Act, 1933-1953, 1959-1970 (4 volumes)

 

MG.CW/11/1-2 Explosives stores licences registers, 1924-1964 (2 volumes)

 

MG.CW/12/1-19 Licensing plans. Full licences, beer wine and spirits on and off-licences, 1874-1938 (53 plans)

 

MG.CW/13/1-27 Licensing plans. Cinemas, theatres, music singing and dancing, and billiards, 1904-1948 (64 plans)

 

MG.CW/14/1-19 Licensing plans. Explosives stores, 1903-1926 (30 plans)
Date: 1872 - 1974
Related material:

Information about some types of cases heard by the Court during this period may be found in the volumes of court orders. See MG.CW/4, MG.CW/5 and MG.CW/6/1-7.
Held by: Tyne and Wear Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

West Castle Ward Petty Sessional Division of Northumberland
Physical description: 14 SERIES
Immediate source of acquisition:

Accession numbers 1390 and 2101 (part).
Subjects:
  • Legal decisions
  • Courts
  • Administration of justice
  • Legal procedure
  • Penal sanctions
  • Social problems
Administrative / biographical background:

This Court sat at the Moot Hall, Newcastle until new Magistrates Courts were opened at West Avenue, Gosforth in 1970. From June 1923 to 1970 an occasional Court was held at Gosforth. Cases dealt with at these sittings are recorded in the registers for Court no. 1. Pre-1915 Court registers have not survived.
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