BOROUGH OF DUNSTABLE

Burial Board

Bor.D.Bu.M. 1 Burial Board Rough Minutes (1900-1924)

Bor.D.Bu.M. 2 Burial Board Minutes (1907-1935)

Correspondence

Bor.D.C. 1 Town Clerk's files (1932-1941)

Bor.D.C. 2 Corporation letterbooks (1869-1879, 1896-1939)

Bor.D.C. 3 Food Control letterbooks (1917-1920)

Bor.D.C. 4 Housing letterbooks (1935-1939)

Bor.D.C. 5 Rating letterbooks (1927-1939)

Bor.D.C. 6 Town Clerk and deputy (1916-1927)

Housing

Bor.D.H. 1 Housing - general (1924)

Bor.D.H. 2 Council houses (1941-1943)

Bor.D.H. 3 Dwelling house registration (1933-1938)

Minutes

Bor.D.M. 1 Local Board minutes (1863-1872)

Bor.D.M. 2 Council minutes (1865-1879, 1881-1974)

Bor.D.M. 3 Rough minutes (1898-1939)

Committee minutes

Bor.D.MC. 1 General - all Committees (1896-1967)

Bor.D.MC. 2 Amenities Committee (1970-1974)

Bor.D.MC. 3 Forward Planning Committee (1962-1973)

Bor.D.MC. 4 Civic Hall Committee (1964-1970)

Bor.D.MC. 5 Civil Defence Committee (1940-1952)

Bor.D.MC. 6 Finance, General Purposes and Rating Committee (1939-1944)

Bor.D.MC. 7 Finance Committee (1944-1974)

Bor.D.MC. 8 General Purposes Committee (1946-1974)

Bor.D.MC. 9 Highways Committee (1939-1946, 1956-1974)

Bor.D.MC. 10 Horticultural Committee (1942-1945)

Bor.D.MC. 11 Housing Committee (1920-1939, 1946-1974)

Bor.D.MC. 12 Parks and Allotments Committee (1940-1955)

Bor.D.MC. 13 Parks Committee (1956-1970)

Bor.D.MC. 14 Planning Committee (1955-1974)

Bor.D.MC. 15 Public Health, Housing and Fire Brigade Committee (1939-1945)

Bor.D.MC. 16 Public Health and Housing Committee (1945-1952)

Bor.D.MC. 17 Public Health Committee (1937-1939, 1952-1974)

Bor.D.MC. 18 Public Works Committee (1946-1956)

Bor.D.MC. 19 Rating Committee (1927-1939)

Bor.D.MC. 20 Rating and Valuation Committee (1940-1949)

Official (see also material listed under Bor.D.V)

Bor.D.O. 1 Register of Councillors' interests in Contracts (1955-1968)

Bor.D.O. 2 Seal registers (1938-1955, 1959-1969)

Building plans

Bor.D.P. Building plans (1864-1945)

Bor.D.P.R. Plan registers (1864-1974)

Planning

Bor.D.Pl. 1 Town and Country Planning registers (1933-1942)

<span class="wrapper"><p>In addition to the records listed here, there is an excellent series of Town Clerk's files. These are retained at the offices of Dunstable Town Council at Grove House, 76 High Street North, Dunstable, LU6 1LF. A classified list and index compiled by Mr. M.J. Hayward is available in the Record Office searchroom (class 130 DUN). Access to the original files may be arranged with the Town Clerk (telephone Dunstable (0582) 607895).</p> <p>The records of Dunstable Cemetery have also been retained by the Town Council, but the Record Office holds microfiche copies of the burial registers and indexes 1861-1987 (ref: Micf 100). A full list of the surviving cemetery records is also available at the Record Office (ref: CRT 130 DUN 38).</p> <p>A few "stray" records of the Borough Council have been transferred to the County Record Office from the offices of Messrs. Benning, Hoare and Drew. For many years Mr. C.S. Benning, a local solicitor and a partner in the firm, served the Borough Council as Town Clerk. Details of these records will be found in the Record Office catalogues under the reference BH uncat 256-267.</p></span>

The records listed in the following catalogue have been deposited in the County Record Office, County Hall, Bedford, MK42 9AP by the Town Council.

Dunstable became a Municipal Borough in 1864 and retained Borough status until 30th March 1974 when, following Local Government Reorganisation, the present Town Council assumed responsibility for local services and administration.