Hope with Aston Parish Council

Minutes 1895-2007, Accounts 1895-1985, Annual reports 1937-1947, Correspondence 1906-1985 (relating to various matters including provision for fire, medical care, education, utilities, burials, war memorials, and the Second World War), Papers relating to activities for local Charities and Fundraising (including Hearse House Charity, Soldiers' Comforts Fund and Creswell Colliery Fund), Celebration committee papers 1911-1953 (including coronations in 1911, 1937 and 1953 and Peace celebrations in 1914), Other

D3818/1-2 Minutes, 1895-2007
D3818/3-5 Accounts, 1895-1985 (see also D3818/6)
D3818/6 Annual reports, 1937-1947
D3818/7-28, 47 Correspondence and associated documents, 1904-1974 (including D3818/9-28, 47 which appear to have been taken from correspondence files and sorted by subject)
D3818/29-31 Charities and Fundraising, including Hearse House Charity
D3818/32 Transvaal Fund for the Anglo-Boer War, [c1880-c1902]
D3818/33-35 World War One, 1914-1918
D3818/36 Soldiers' Comforts Fund, 1915-1920
D3818/37 Creswell Colliery Fund, 1950
D3818/38-42 Coronation and other celebrations committee papers, 1911-1953
D3818/43-45 Oddfellow Lodges, 1867-1928: Lily of the Valley Lodge (No. 3956), Welcome Traveller of the Peak Lodge, Hope District
D3818/46 Buckston Presentation Fund, 1903

Hope with Aston Parish Council was established under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1894. It helped to provide local public amenities and services such as street lighting, recreation grounds, footpaths and public seating, as well as liaise with other local authorities over proposals or issues that might concern the area.