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D2200 - Derbyshire County Council: County Architect - 1865-1990

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D2200
Title	Derbyshire County Council: County Architect
Date	1865-1990
Description	Plans of public buildings such as schools, police stations, lock-ups, council premises, etc.
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Derbyshire County Council: County Architect
Administrative History	Derbyshire County Council's property services function included a prominent role for the County Architect, who had overall responsibility for accommodation of the authority's services. Particularly notable was the 1904 appointment of County Architect George H. Widdows (1871-1946). During the course of his Derbyshire career, Widdows designed 60 elementary schools and 17 secondary schools. His designs were highly influential on school buildings throughout the country.
Administrative History Sources	Historic England Research Records on the Heritage Gateway: https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1500222&resourceID=19191 Wikipedia entry, "Council Architect": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_architect
Custodial History	Documents transferred to the Record Office by the County Architect on various dates beginning in June 1980 and by the Technical Services Department at various dates beginning in May 1990.
Organisation Sub-Type	County council
Copyright	In copyright
Publication Note	Many drawings from this collection have been reproduced in "'This excellent man' Derbyshire Architect G H Widdows and English School Design 1904-1936" by Daniel O'Neill, 2024.
Term	Architectural drawings
	Building design
	Public buildings
	County buildings
Acknowledgements	Catalogued as part of the FindersKeepers project with the help of volunteer MmF.