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WIRRAL URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL

Catalogue reference: R

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This record is about the WIRRAL URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL dating from 1819-1974.

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Reference: R
Title: WIRRAL URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
Date: 1819-1974
Description: Minutes from council and committees, accounts, newspaper cuttings, public Health records, maps and plans.
Held by: Wirral Archives Service
Language: English
Creator(s): <corpname>Wirral Urban District Council, Cheshire</corpname>
Physical description: 11 series
Immediate source of acquisition: GOVERNMENT RECORDS WIRRAL: ACCNS 220, 221, 222, 1096
Administrative / biographical background: Formed under the county of Chester Review Order 1933. Comprised the parishes of Barnston, Gayton, Heswall-cum-Oldfield, Irby, Pensby and Thurstaston; with part of Arrowe, Birmstage and Thornton Hough. This was the residue of the area covered by the Wirral Rural District Council- established under the Local Government Act 1894 to take over many of the local government services previously provided by the Wirral Board of Guardians; parts of which had passed to Birkenhead Wallasey and Bebington during the 1920s and 1930s. The Wirral Urban District Council had its headquarters in Heswall. It was superseded by the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in April 1974. The Treasurer, Clerk, Engineer and Surveyor mainly deposited records in 1974.
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7e081eed-8c09-45f0-8ab1-09f0c6722ea8/