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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1504
TitleChesterfield Borough Council
Date[c1465]-1978
DescriptionAir Raid Precautions (ARP) and correspondence files; rate books 1811-20th cent; Staveley Urban District ledgers, rate books, valuation lists, maps etc c.1881-1968; valuation lists 1854-1954, Watch Committee general ledger 1835-1880s, copy Staveley tithe award 1853, lists of paupers receiving relief 1830s, Chesterfield Water Board Fire Policy 1940; Housing Survey record cards 1935-c.1959 for Chesterfield, Brimington and Staveley; register of rate contributions 1936-1956; General and Water rate books 1945-c.1965, valuation list c.1950, Staveley highway rate book 1882, ledgers c.19-20th cent; Photocopies of wills and inventories for Chesterfield 1604-1700; Town Clerk's files pre 1945 and 1945-1962; unsigned Council minutes 1946-1971, annual accounts 1939-1972 (incomplete); bye-laws 1890's-1970's; abbatoir summary of charges 1939-1974 (5 vols); files re Revolution Cottage, negatives of charters; Chesterfield abbattoir, Hipper Street plans; Town Clerk's dept file re coal emergency order 1921 strike, 1920-1921; Private Street Works; estimate books c1910/1911-1929, 1949-c1970 (2 vols) costs and apportionments books 1910-1927,1952-1968 (2 vols)

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Also including building regulation registers 1894-1974 (on microfilm M/729-M/735) and building regulation plans 1894-1974 Chesterfield Borough, Chesterfield RDC, Staveley UDC. Whittington and Newbold UDC, Brampton and Walton UDC. No list is available of the registers and plans.
Extent221 boxes
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorChesterfield Borough Council
Custodial HistoryThese records were deposited at Derbyshire Record Office by Chesterfield Borough Council at various dates fom 1975. The civil defence records accessioned in August 2016 were received from Chesterfield Library: Local Studies. The original Corporation record books 1646-1836 were transferred to Derbyshire Record Office in October 2016 by Chesterfield Museum, to which they were donated on behalf of a private individual whose ancestor was a former Clerk of the Borough and had collected a large of quantity of archival material for the area.
Organisation Sub-TypeBorough councils
Access ConditionsThe Following description is a summary collection level guide only, providing information on scope, content, dates and access conditions.
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DocumentD1504 Acc. Aug 2016 Chesterfield Local Studies list.doc
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