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D1323 - High Peak Borough Council and predecessor organisations (Buxton Borough Council, Buxton Urban District Council, Buxton Local Board of Health, Chapel-en-le-Frith Rural District Council, Hayfield Rural District Council, Chapel-en-le-Frith Poor Law Union) - 1837-2002

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1323
Title	High Peak Borough Council and predecessor organisations (Buxton Borough Council, Buxton Urban District Council, Buxton Local Board of Health, Chapel-en-le-Frith Rural District Council, Hayfield Rural District Council, Chapel-en-le-Frith Poor Law Union)
Date	1837-2002
Description	Buxton Local Board of Health (1859-1894), Urban District Council (1894-1917) and Borough Council (1917-1974) central minutes and committee minutes 1859-1974, rate books 1861. The remaining material in this collection is unlisted and includes records for other local authorities that were superseded by High Peak Borough Council in 1974. See D1323/UL for further details.
Extent	43 flat boxes 35 Roll
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Buxton Borough Council (1917-1974)
	Buxton Urban District Council (1894-1917)
	Buxton Local Board of Health (1859-1894)
	Buxton Urban District Council (1894-1917)
	Buxton Borough Council (1917-1974)
	High Peak Borough Council
Custodial History	These records were deposited by Buxton Borough Council and its successor authorities in various deposits since 1973. Two 1861 rate books were donated to Derbyshire Record Office by a charity shop in January 2016. A further accession was received in November 2016. A small number of records were transferred from Buxton Museum in December 2022.
Organisation Sub-Type	Local boards of health
Organisation Sub-Type	Borough councils
Related Material	See D4670 and D6360 for further records of Buxton Borough Council and predecessors to 1848. See D6887 for the main archive of High Peak Borough Council (see also D5066 and D6585).

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