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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2979
TitleDerbyshire Dales District Council, formerly West Derbyshire, District Council
Date19th-20th cent
DescriptionThis collection is unlisted. See search room supervisor for interim list.
Including: District Appraisal for the area outside the Peak District National Park 1974; Draft Matlock Bath & Matlock Dale Conservation Areas appraisal 1977; Proposed General Improvement Area, The Dale, Wirksworth - report 1978; Plan for a Feasibility Study etc.; Planning department files (District Plans) c.1970-1987; Tideswell Household Survey 1978; County land use survey maps 1962

The following records relate to predecessor authorities and are to be re-accessioned to the appropriate collections:
Building plans for various predecessor authorities
- Ashbourne Poor Law Union/Board of Guardians (see D520): rate books 1914-1926; Mid-Derbyshire Assessment Valuation List 1917-1929
- Ashbourne Rural District Council (see D4585): general ledgers and other financial records, housing registers and survey reports, land survey maps, sanitary inspectors' journals 1928-1965, Inspector of Nuisances journals 1903-1906, newspaper cuttings 1897-1974, papers relating to evacuation scheme, Ednaston and Brailsford sewerage and sewage disposal plan 1965, Pariwch sewerage and sewage disposal contract plans
- Ashbourne Urban District Council (see D4584): financial records, correspondence files, other records relating to housing, utilities, rates, surveyors, sanitation, rights of way, building plans, 19th-20th cent
- Bakewell Rural District Council (see D4587): including surveyors plans registers 1905-1954
- Bakewell Urban District Council (see D4586): Surveyors Plans register 1905-1959
- Matlock Urban District Council (see D1331 and D4590): including Land Survey on 6":1 mile Ordnance Survey maps, 1956; papers regarding Hurst Farm Estate; Births & deaths register, Feb 1946-Apr 1964 (this item is not available for public consultation)
- Wirksworth Urban District Council (see D2962 and D4596): building plans (no registers or indexes), including for Middleton area 1903-1906; Rental Register & Collectors Weekly Summaries Book, 1950-1968; Loans registers 1928-1954; Photographs and survey cards of the The Dale, c. 1975
Extent91 boxes
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorDerbyshire Dales District Council
Administrative HistoryWest Derbyshire District Council was established in 1974 following the Local Government Act of 1972.
Custodial HistoryThese records were deposited at Derbyshire Record Office by West Derbyshire District Council in several deposits between 1986 and 2014.
AppraisalGeneral ledgers for Sudbury Rural District Council 1912-1922 re-accessioned March 2021.
Organisation Sub-TypeDistrict councils (post-1974)
FormatDocument
Related MaterialFor records relating to local authorities before local government reorganisation in 1974, please refer to the relevant Urban or Rural District Council collection.
- D520 Ashbourne Poor Law Union/Board of Guardians
- D4585 Ashbourne Rural District Council
- D4584 Ashbourne Urban District Council
- D4587 Bakewell Rural District Council
- D4586 Bakewell Urban District Council
- D1331, D4590 Matlock Urban District Council
- D2962, D4596 Wirksworth Urban District Council
Archivist Note interimlist
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
DerbyshireCounty
Sudbury 
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