Littlehampton Urban District Council

PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES

UD/LH/1. Minutes of Council Meetings, 1861-1974

UD/LH/2. Agenda of Council Meetings, 1914-1930

UD/LH/3. Minutes of Committee Meetings, 1889-1971

UD/LH/4. Registers of Documents sealed, 1935-1958

UD/LH/8. Byelaws and Sealed Orders, 1865-1962

UD/LH/9. Miscellaneous, 1890-1941

UD/LH/10. Title Deeds, 1870-1967

UD/LH/12. Agreements, Contracts and Mortgages, 1876-1949

UD/LH/15. Parliamentary Deposited Plans; Certified Plans, 1887-1900

UD/LH/16. Plans deposited for approval under local byelaws, 1865-1948

UD/LH/18. Register of plans deposited for byelaw approval, 1905-1948

UD/LH/20. Register of local land charges, 1931-1964

UD/LH/21. Correspondence, 1853-1964

UD/LH/22. Clerk's Private Papers, 1896-1936

UD/LH/24. Miscellaneous, 1880-1953

BURIAL GROUNDS

UD/LH/25. Minutes and Financial Records, 1870-1894

UD/LH/27. Registers of Burials, 1873-1947

UD/LH/29. Miscellaneous, 1885

FINANCE

UD/LH/30. General Ledger, 1853-1967

UD/LH/31. Estimates, Abstracts of Accounts and Financial Statements, 1895-1974

UD/LH/32. General ("Treasurers") Accounts, 1901-1929

UD/LH/34. Valuation Lists, 1929-1973

UD/LH/35. Rate Books, 1892-1966

UD/LH/36. Summons and Cost of Collection Accounts, 1968-1970

UD/LH/37. Rating Miscellaneous, 1910-1912

UD/LH/38. Housing Accounts, 1927-1929

UD/LH/42. Registers of loan sanctions, 1903-1941. See MF 249

UD/LH/43. Registers of loans and mortgages raised, 1874-1952

UD/LH/44. Loans Ledgers, 1923-1956

UD/LH/45. Advances to the public, 1925-1970

UD/LH/48. Accounts relating to rechargeable works, 1936-1940, 1954-1973

UD/LH/49. Records of trading undertakings [Ferry, Bridge and Water Supply], 1871-1915

UD/LH/50. Other miscellaneous accounts and records, 1892-1932, 1960-1974

COUNCIL HOUSING

UD/LH/51. Tenancy Records, 1925-1955. See note in catalogue

UD/LH/52. Miscellaneous, 1936

SURVEYOR AND ENGINEER

UD/LH/53. Working Plans, 1873-1937

UD/LH/55. Reports to Council, 1913-1918

UD/LH/56. Miscellaneous, 1908-1909

MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH

UD/LH/57. Annual Reports, 1875-1968. See note in catalogue

PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR

UD/LH/61. Register, 1922-1927

UD/LH/62. Surveys, 1922-1927

UD/LH/63. Miscellaneous, 1921-1927

LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS

UD/LH/64. Records of Libraries and Museums, 1905-1967

PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTED MATTER

UD/LH/65. Photographs and printed matter, 1920-1955

RECORDS OF SPECIAL AUTHORITIES

UD/LH/66. Littlehampton Port Sanitary Authority, 1886-1933

Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated.

Deposited at various dates by Littlehampton U.D.C. or its successor, Arun District Council, 1952 - 1990.

A Local Board for the parish of Littlehampton was formed in 1853 under the Local Government Act, 1848. It was succeeded in January 1895 by the Littlehampton U.D.C., under the terms of the Local Government Act, 1894.

By a Local Government Board Order, which came into operation on 1st April, 1901, part of the civil parish of Lyminster was constituted the civil parish of Wick, and added to the Urban District. (For a map, see UD/LH/15/2/1 below.)

By the West Sussex Review Order, 1933, parts of Rustington and Climping parishes were added to the Urban District. (For a map, see County Council records, ref. : CC 742).