Bootle Parish Council – Asset Register as at 31 March 2023

Part 1 – Land & Buildings

Asset Identification / Registration Price Paid Use Notes
Fell Field, OS 5447, Fell Gate, Bootle Fell (0.194 ha) Registration complete Not known (nominal value £1) Pasture, tenanted Believed to have been taken over from Parochial Church Council in 1894. Rent records from 1923.
Community Woodland (formerly Allotment Field), OS 7455, Bootle Fell (0.895 ha) Registration complete Not known (nominal value £1) Vacant (deeds show as “allotment field for labouring poor”) Believed to have been taken over from Parochial Church Council in 1894. Partial deed copy shows transfer to Churchwardens & Overseers. Rent records from 1923.
Playing Field, Millholme (6.13 ha) CU 283219 £10,000 (1980, funded by grant) Sports field 100-year lease to BDSSC at £1 per annum.
Amenity Land, Hycemoor (1.5 ha) CU 295826 Nil (nominal value £1) Play area Given in 1985 by MOD with £4,000 contribution to future maintenance.
Toilet Block, Church Lane Purchase complete £1 Public toilets Formerly leased from CBC. Refurbished January 2021 with office/retail space created at a cost of £22,000.
Church View, Church Lane (office/retail space) Created during toilet refurbishment £22,000 Office space / retail outlet Created as part of the January 2021 refurbishment/reconfiguration of the toilets.
Bus Shelter (Hycemoor) Not known (nominal value £1) Bus shelter Old shelter renewed 2000; supplier and price not known.
Bus Shelter (Main Street) Not known (nominal value £1) Bus shelter Origin not known.
Telephone Box, Monks Moors Purchase complete £1 Houses defibrillator
Total Land & Buildings £32,008

Part 2 – Amenity Items

Item Price Paid Location Location Details Notes
Bench seat Bootle Beach Adjacent Marshside, overlooking beach Donated by Eskmeals; removed 2019.
Bench seat Nominal £1 Hycemoor Near end of lane to Flatts, south side of road In memory of Mrs Coles.
Bench seat* £432 Wellbank / Inmans Lane end 100 m past entrance towards beach, west side of road 1957 agreement with County re siting, renewed June 2019.
Bench seat* £250 Church Lane / Chapel Lane On road fork by Lane House Renewed 2016.
Bench seat Nominal £1 Church Lane by toilets By toilet wall facing car park Presented by Mrs Hargreaves.
Bench seat* £250 Church Lane by phone box Renewed 2016.
Bench seat £432 End of Inmans Lane Purchased June 2019.
Bench seat* £250 Main Street Outside Fell Croft 1960 agreement with County re siting; renewed 2016.
Bench seat Nominal £1 A595 south of village South of Beck Brow, 100 m north of Millholme 1971 agreement with County re siting.
Bench seat* £250 Chapel Lane In front of 1–6 Combe View Renewed 2016.
Bench seat* £250 Chapel Lane 15 Combe View Renewed 2016.
Bench seat £350 A595 East side opposite The Manse New 2016.
Bench seat Nominal £1 School playing field Donated by Mr and Mrs Atkinson.
Bench seat Nominal £1 School playing field In memory of Kevin Walker.
Bench seat Nominal £1 Bootle surgery In memory of Dr Smith.
Notice board** £250 Main Street Adjacent Captain Shaw’s School
Notice board** £250 Adjacent Bootle Railway Station
Notice board** £250 Adjacent Hycemoor Green
Ceramic pots Nominal £2 Chapel Lane Pavement at corner of Chapel Lane / Main Street Two remaining from six, obtained 2010.
Plastic pots Nominal £2 Throughout village Bootle in Bloom.
Light columns x2 Nominal £2 Mill Street, Bootle Columns 17 & 41 Replaced lights removed by ENW; donated by CBC. BPC responsible for running and maintenance costs.
Light column £2,410.50 Hycemoor Way Bootle Station, column ref 62 To replace light removed by CBC.
Light column £2,410.50 Chapel Lane Bootle, column ref 25 To replace light removed by CBC.
Self-watering planters (33) £4,337 Around Bootle Bootle in Bloom.
High visibility waistcoats (9) £90 For use by Bootle in Bloom.
Defibrillator (1) £570 Hycemoor In old phone box
Phone box £1 Hycemoor Purchased 19 June 2019.
Phone box £1 Church Lane, Bootle Acquired February 2019; now used as a book swap.
Artificial external Christmas tree £206.45 Bootle Outside Bootle Church Purchased 16 November 2019.
Self-watering planters £2,180.60 Around Bootle Purchased 10 February 2020; Bootle in Bloom.
CCTV £1,210.80 Toilets Located on outside of toilets Purchased December 2021.
Water bowser and trailer £1,821.01 B. Hill Stored at B. Hill For use by Bootle in Bloom volunteers; purchased 14 March 2022.
Planters £1 Around Bootle Various locations Donated February 2022 by Copeland Borough Council “Welcome Back” fund.
Benches (Woodland Project) £1,486.92 Woodland Project Old allotment field Part of Woodland Project.
Bird hide (Woodland Project) £812.75 Woodland Project Old allotment field Part of Woodland Project.
Total Amenity Items £20,765.53

Items either donated, of unknown origin, supplied by others, or otherwise unable to be valued are noted; a £1 book value is assigned in such cases.

Part 3 – Machinery

No machinery held. Total £0.

Part 4 – Sundries

Item Make Purchased Supplier Custody Price Notes
Voice recorder Sony 2014 Argos Clerical Assistant £29.99
Arnold-Baker, 5th edition Unknown Chairman Nominal £1
Clayden, 9th edition 2015 Lexis-Nexis Chairman £85.00
School field survey data 2013 Edmonsons Clerk Nil value Electronic file.
Footpath survey data 2015 WYG Clerk Nil value Electronic file.
Total Sundries £115.99

Summary

Part 1 – Land £32,007
Part 2 – Amenity Items £20,765.53
Part 3 – Machinery £0
Part 4 – Sundries £116
Total asset value taken to Box 9 of Annual Return £52,888.53

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