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Tow Law Urban District Council

Reference: UD/TL Catalogue Title: Tow Law Urban District Council Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1863-1974

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  • Tow Law Urban District Council
    • Tow Law Urban District Council (Ref: UD/TL)
    • Minutes (Ref: UD/TL section 01)
    • Tow Law Local Board (Ref: UD/TL 1-3)
    • Tow Law Urban District Council (Ref: UD/TL 4-13, 47)
    • Financial records (Ref: UD/TL section 02)
    • Rating and Valuation (Ref: UD/TL section 03)
    • Public health (Ref: UD/TL section 04)

Catalogue Contents

Tow Law Urban District Council (Ref: UD/TL)Minutes (Ref: UD/TL section 01)Tow Law Local Board (Ref: UD/TL 1-3)Ref: UD/TL 1

Local Board minute book, 27 October 1863 - 5 March 1878
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: UD/TL 2

Local Board minute book, 2 April 1878 - 1 December 1891
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: UD/TL 3

Local Board minute book, 5 January 1892 - 21 November 1894 (with Urban District Council minutes, 17 December 1894 - 20 March 1900)
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Tow Law Urban District Council (Ref: UD/TL 4-13, 47)Ref: UD/TL 4

Urban District Council minute book, 11 April 1900 - 18 May 1910
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: UD/TL 5

Urban District Council minute book, 9 June 1910 - 13 June 1918
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: UD/TL 6

Urban District Council minute book, 11 July 1918 - 9 June 1927
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: UD/TL 7

Urban District Council minute book, 14 July 1927 - 1 December 1933
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: UD/TL 8

Urban District Council minute book, 14 December 1933 - 2 March 1939
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: UD/TL 9

Urban District Council minute book, 9 March 1939 - 11 February 1943
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Ref: UD/TL 10

Urban District Council minute book, 11 March 1943 - 30 March 1950
(1 post binder)

Ref: UD/TL 11

Urban District Council minute book, 11 May 1950 - 5 May 1955
(1 post binder)

Ref: UD/TL 12

Urban District Council minute book, 2 June 1955 - 10 March 1960
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: UD/TL 13

Urban District Council minute book, 7 April 1960 - 10 February 1966 Pages 575-586 are bound between pages 382 and 383
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: UD/TL 47

Council and Committee minutes, 10 March 1966 - 14 March 1974
(1 volume)

Financial records (Ref: UD/TL section 02)

22-36

Ref: UD/TL 22

Account book, July 1878 - 1956
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/TL 23

Treasurer's account book, 1949 - 1955
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/TL 24

Treasurer's account book, 1 April 1942 - 31 March 1953
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: UD/TL 25

Treasurer's account book, 1953 - 1959
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/TL 26

Cash book, 31 March 1946 - 31 March 1965
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: UD/TL 27

Private ledger, 1938 - 1942; rents from council houses, 1947 - 1949; sundry debtors ledger, 1950 -1956
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: UD/TL 28

Treasurer's ledger, 1927 - 1944
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: UD/TL 29

Ledger, 1943 - 1954
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: UD/TL 30

Treasurer's account book, 1954 - 1959
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: UD/TL 31

Ledger, 1959 - 1960
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: UD/TL 32

Ledger, 1960 - 1961
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: UD/TL 33

Ledger, 1961 - 1962
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: UD/TL 34

Ledger, 1962 - 1963
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: UD/TL 35

Ledger, 1963 - 1964
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: UD/TL 36

Ledger, 1964 - 1965
(1 volume, card bound)

Rating and Valuation (Ref: UD/TL section 03)

37-44

Ref: UD/TL 37

Rate book, 1966 - 1967
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: UD/TL 38

Rate book, 1956 - 1957
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/TL 39

Rate produce book, 1948 - 1970
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/TL 40

Rate arrears book, 1 April 1940 - 31 March 1970
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/TL 41

Valuation list, Section 1: Hereditaments other than industrial or freight transport hereditaments, 28 March 1956
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: UD/TL 42

Valuation list, Section 1, 20 December 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: UD/TL 43

Valuation list, Section 11, 20 December 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: UD/TL 44

Valuation list, Section 11, 20 December 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Public health (Ref: UD/TL section 04)

14-21, 45-46

Ref: UD/TL 14

Byelaws made by the U.D.C. of Tow Law acting as the urban sanitary authority with respect to cleansing of footways and pavements, the removal of house refuse, and the cleansing of earth closets, privies, ashpits and cesspools, nuisances, common lodging houses, new streets and buildings and slaughter houses, 1914
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: UD/TL 15

Summary of the provisions of the Housing Act 1936, n.d.
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: UD/TL 16

Building byelaws made under the Public Health Act 1936, 1939
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: UD/TL 17

Byelaws made under Section 15 of the Food and Drugs Act 1938, for securing the observance of sanitary and cleanly conditions and practices in connection with the handling, wrapping and delivery of food and sale of food in the open air, 1951
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: UD/TL 18

Building byelaws under the Public Health Act 1936, 1954
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: UD/TL 19

Byelaws relating to the sanitary conditions and management of private slaughterhouses, 1956
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: UD/TL 20

Register of dwellings provided for slum clearance under Housing Act 1957, 1960 - 1969
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/TL 21

Register showing action taken in relation to houses in clearance areas, 1961 - 1964
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/TL 45

Register of notification of infectious diseases, 4 July 1956 - 5 April 1974
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: UD/TL 46

Register of individual unfit houses not regarded as capable of repair, 11 February 1935 - 10 February 1938
(1 volume, leather half-bound)



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