Parish Council minutes 1894-1908
In the Items of interest from the Parish Council Minutes 1894-1908, by far the biggest item under consideration was the new cemetery. The full list of topics covered were as follows. You can see the full trancription here in 2 parts - pages 1-16 and pages 17-32
1 New cemetery. No more burials in Churchyard
2 Parish rates. Collection of taxes.
3 Local charities
4 Acquisition of allotments
5 Stone quarry in Charnwood Forest
6 Drumming up extra trade for unemployed
7 Maintenance of roads and drains
8 Renting out of Council-owned lands e.g. Town Close
9 Funeral charges
10 Collecting tolls from persons occupying The Green
11 Letting of Round Bank for e.g Hathern Bands, school choir
12 Arrangements for Hathern Wake
13 Appointment of Constables, Sexton. Election of council members, overseers of the poor.
14 Maintenance of Charity School
15 Acquisition of new playground
16 Possibility of village lighting (electric or gas)
17 Possible light railway to Loughborough
18 Footpath dispute
19 Danger to cyclists coming down Shepshed Road
20 Positioning of telegraph poles
21 Appointment of Manger of Day Schools
22 Payment of fees to Loughborough Fire Brigade