| Description | These records have not yet been catalogued into the Derbyshire County Council collection (ref: DCC). For more information please consult the catalogues using the reference numbers below:
D919/C/7 - Indexes to Derbyshire County Council records, 20th century
D1280 - Miscellanea from correspondence files, 1919-1924
D2494 - Clerk's files re Local Govt Boundary Commission, 1972-1976 & Royal Commission on Local Government 1965-1966, subject files, Chesterfield Public Inquiry papers 1967-1968, Various files including reports to committees 1960s-1970s; Police Committee file and County and Borough Constabulary Force Crest 1968-1974; Derby County Borough book of unused OAP meal vouchers, mid 20th Cent
D2445 - Maps and plans of boundaries, official photographs, newsletters relating to local government re-organisation, 1936-1976
D2666 - includes an introduction to the Clerk’s Department including notes on sections and work, 1987
D2814 - Files of Returns of Parish Council Questionaires re Parish Documents, 1904-1953
D2926 - Leaflets, publications and other material transferred by the County Information Officer
D5270 - Peak Park Planning Board: Files of correspondence, reports and other working papers re Peak Park Planning Board 1952-1974, files re senior appointments 1968, 1974
D7370 - Derbyshire Nuclear-Free policy files, 1981-1987
Council Ceremony and Events
D1207 - Ephemera relating to the Council's 50th Anniversary celebrations, 1939
D1361 - Photographs of the Bull Bridge aqueduct before demolition, 20th cent
D2453 - Files relating to Civic Services, 1969-1979
D5667 - Invitation, ticket and programme for official opening of Council Chamber in Derbyshire County Council Offices, Matlock 28 Apr 1956
D6298 - Grant by Letters Patent of heraldic badge by three Kings of Arms to Derbyshire County Council, the badge being described as follows: "On a Bezant a chain bordure-wise Sable and a Stag's Head caboshed proper between the attires a Rose Gules surmounted by another Argent barbed and seeded proper", 20 Dec 1979
D7368 - Correspondence file re Derbyshire's celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee, 1977
D7369 - Correspondence file re County flag, arms and badge, 1949-1998 |
| Administrative History | The office of Clerk of the Peace pre-dates the existence of county councils by some centuries. Following the Local Government Act 1888, the Clerk of the Peace took on a chief executive role. In Derbyshire County Council, this meant the same officer held the roles of Clerk of the Peace and Clerk to the County Council. The Clerk of the Peace role was abolished by the Courts Act 1971.
Clerks of the Peace and Clerks to the County Council (1889-1974)
1889-1894 (c1814-1901)
1894-1930 Norton Joseph Hughes-Hallett (1850-1938). Deputy Clerk 1889-1894
1930-1944 Horace Wilfred Skinner (1884-1955). Deputy Clerk 1924-1930
1944-1969 Denis George Gilman (1904-1991). Deputy Clerk 1947-1950
1969-1974 Harry Crossley (1918-1997)
Clerks of the County Council (1974-?)
1974-temp 1977 Harry Crossley
Chief Executives (?-present)
Marshall W. Ingham (previously County Secretary temp. 1975)
c1997-2014 Nick Hodgson
2014-2017 Ian Stephenson |