Corporate Longford; Longford Parish Council; 1894-; Local Authority DS/UK/P/1467 Longford Parish Council 1894- Local Authority Longford

By the Local Government Act 1894 parish councils were established to perform various civil duties previously undertaken by parish vestries. They deal with street lighting, allotments, recreation grounds, footpaths, war memorials, village halls, sometimes burial grounds etc. The first Council meeting was Feb 1895. Yes International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 31/12/2021 1a728877-bd12-4786-9964-9757218b1c27