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The oak panelled Council Chamber of Houghton Urban District Council is found on the first floor of the Old Rectory building. The Rectory was used by HUDC between 1949 and 1974. Article Copyright © Books of the North 2010.

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LIST OF CHAIRMEN

1937 – 1938 – J.G. Johnston

1938 – 1939 – W. Fairhurst

1939 – 1940 – W. Dodd

1940 – 1941 – G.E. Thompson

1941 – 1942 – A. Harrison

1942 – 1943 – J. Davison

1943 – 1944 – J. Campbell

1944 – 1945 – T.R. Hunt

1946 – 1947 – L.R. Holmes

1947 – 1948 – R. Greenwell

1948 – 1949 – W.H. Dinsley

1949 – 1950 – E.W. Brown

1950 – 1951 – T. Willis

1951 – 1952 – J. Lowery

1952 – 1953 - T.R. Hunt

1953 – 1954 – D. Cockburn

1954 – 1955 – T.W. Urwin

1955 – 1956 – L. R. Holmes

1956 – 1957 – Mrs E. McGovern

1957 – 1958 – B.A. Bircham

1958 – 1959 – D. Metcalfe

1959 – 1960 – J.A. Hall

1960 – 1961 – W.E. Marshall

1961 – 1962 – Mrs P. Alderson

1962 – 1963 – G. Henderson

1963 – 1964 – J. McKinley

1964 – 1965 – W. J. McKinley

1965 – 1966 – J. Bartley

1966 – 1967 – J. Avery

1967 – 1968 – J. Mawston

1968 – 1969 – E. Kelly JP

1969 – 1970 - L.R. Holmes

1970 – 1971 – Mrs M. E. Porter

1971 – 1972 – E. Bramfitt JP

1972 – 1973 – M. Dowell

1973 – 1974 – G. Elliott

Followed by 18 blank crests and a gap of one, the outline of which was still evident.

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