RECORDS OF URBAN DISTRICT COUNCILS, HERTFORDSHIRE

RECORDS OF THE URBAN AND RURAL DISTRICT COUNCILS

Detailed listing of these records is in progress. Inventories appear here only for those authorities to which a reference number has been allocated in the following list. For records of the remaining Councils, see the Summary List of Records Held.

URBAN DISTRICT COUNCILS

UDC 1 Baldock

Barnet

East Barnet

UDC 4 Berkhamsted

UDC 5 Bishop's Stortford

Bushey

Cheshunt

UDC 8 Chorleywood

Harpenden

Hitchin

UDC 11 Hoddesdon

Letchworth

Potters Bar

Rickmansworth

Royston

UDC 16 Sawbridgeworth

Stevenage

UDC 18 Tring

UDC 19 Ware

Watford

UDC 21 Welwyn Garden City

RURAL DISTRICT COUNCILS

RDC 1 Ashwell

Barnet [see Elstree]

RDC 2 Berkhamsted

RDC 3 Braughing

RDC 4 Buntingford

Elstree

RDC 6 Hadham

RDC 7 Hatfield

RDC 8 Hemel Hempstead

Hertford

RDC 10 Hitchin

South Mimms [see Potters Bar UDC]

RDC 12 Saint Albans

Ware

Watford

RDC 14 Welwyn

INDEX OF CIVIL PARISHES AND PLACES

ABBOTS LANGLEY: Watford RD

ALBURY: Braughing RD; Hadham RD

ALDBURY: Berkhamsted RD

ALDENHAM: Watford RD

GREAT AMWELL: Ware RD

LITTLE AMWELL: Hertford RD

ANSTEY: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

ARDELEY: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

ARKLEY: Barnet UD

ASHWELL: Ashwell RD; Hitchin RD

ASPENDEN: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

ASTON: Hertford RD

AYOT ST LAWRENCE: Welwyn RD

AYOT ST PETER: Welwyn RD

BALDOCK: Baldock UD

BARKWAY: Ashwell RD; Hitchin RD

BARLEY: Ashwell RD; Hitchin RD

CHIPPING BARNET: Barnet UD

EAST BARNET: East Barnet UD

NEW BARNET: East Barnet UD

BARNET VALE: East Barnet UD

BAYFORD: Hertford RD

BENGEO RURAL: Hertford RD

BENGEO URBAN: Hertford Borough

BENINGTON: Hertford RD

LITTLE BERKHAMSTED: Hertford RD

GREAT BERKHAMSTED RURAL: Berkhamsted RD

GREAT BERKHAMSTED URBAN: Berkhamsted RD; Berkhamsted UD

BISHOPS STORTFORD: Bishops Stortford UD

BOREHAMWOOD: Elstree RD; Barnet RD

BOVINGDON: Hemel Hempstead RD

BRAMFIELD: Hertford RD

BRAUGHING: Braughing RD; Hadham RD

BRICKENDON LIBERTY: Hertford RD

BROADFIELD: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

BROXBOURNE: Ware RD; Hoddesdon UD

BUCKLAND: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

BUNTINGFORD: Braughing RD

BUSHEY: Bushey UD; Watford RD

BYGRAVE: Hitchin RD

CALDECOTE: Hitchin RD

CHESHUNT: Cheshunt UD

CHIPPERFIELD: Hemel Hempstead RD

CHORLEYWOOD: Chorleywood UD; Watford RD

CLOTHALL: Hitchin RD

CODICOTE: Hitchin RD

COLNEY HEATH: St Albans RD

COLNEY, LONDON: St Albans RD

COTTERED: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

DATCHWORTH: Hertford RD

DIGSWELL: Welwyn RD

EASTWICK: Ware RD

ELSTREE: Elstree RD

ESSENDON: Hatfield RD

FLAMSTEAD: Hemel Hempstead RD

FLAUNDEN: Hemel Hempstead RD

GREAT GADDESDEN: Hemel Hempstead RD

LITTLE GADDESDEN: Berkhamsted RD

GILSTON: Ware RD

GRAVELEY: Hitchin RD

LITTLE HADHAM: Braughing RD; Hadham RD

MUCH HADHAM: Braughing RD; Hadham RD

HADLEY: East Barnet UD

HARPENDEN RURAL: St Albans RD

HARPENDEN URBAN: Harpenden UD

HATFIELD: Hatfield RD

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD: Borough of Hemel Hempstead; Hemel Hempstead RD

HERTFORD (including All Saints, St John and St Andrew): Borough of Hertford

HERTFORD (St John and St Andrew Rural): Hertford RD

HERTINGFORDBURY: Hertford RD

HEXTON: Hitchin RD

HIGH WYCH: Braughing RD; Hadham RD

HINXWORTH: Ashwell RD; Hitchin RD

HITCHIN: Hitchin UD

HODDESDON RURAL: Ware RD; Hoddesdon UD

HODDESDON URBAN: Hoddesdon UD

HOLWELL: Hitchin RD

GREAT HORMEAD: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

LITTLE HORMEAD: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

HUNSDON: Ware RD

ICKLEFORD: Hitchin RD

IPPOLLITTS: Hitchin RD

KELSHALL: Ashwell RD; Hitchin RD

KIMPTON: Hitchin RD

KNEBWORTH: Hitchin RD

LANGLEY: Hitchin RD

ABBOTS LANGLEY: Watford RD

KINGS LANGLEY: Hemel Hempstead RD

LAYSTON: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

LETCHWORTH: Hitchin RD; Letchworth UD

LILLEY: Hitchin RD

LONDON COLNEY: St Albans RD

MARKYATE: Hemel Hempstead RD

MEESDEN: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

NORTH MIMMS: Hatfield RD

SOUTH MIMMS RURAL: South Mimms RD; Potters Bar UD

SOUTH MIMMS URBAN: Barnet UD

GREAT MUNDEN: Ware RD

LITTLE MUNDEN: Ware RD

NETTLEDEN with POTTEN END: Berkhamsted RD

NEWNHAM: Hitchin RD

NORTHAW: Hatfield RD

NORTHCHURCH: Berkhamsted RD

NORTON: Hitchin RD

NUTHAMPSTEAD: Ashwell RD; Hitchin RD

OFFLEY: Hitchin RD

OXHEY: Watford RD

BRENT PELHAM: Braughing RD; Hadham RD

FURNEUX PELHAM: Braughing RD; Hadham RD

STOCKING PELHAM: Braughing RD; Hadham RD

PIRTON: Hitchin RD

POTTERS BAR: Potters Bar UD

PRESTON: Hitchin RD

PUTTENHAM: Berkhamsted RD

RADLETT (Aldenham): Watford RD

RADWELL: Hitchin RD

REDBOURN: St Albans RD

REED: Ashwell RD; Hitchin RD

RICKMANSWORTH RURAL: Rickmansworth UD; Watford RD

RICKMANSWORTH URBAN: Rickmansworth UD

RIDGE: Elstree RD

ROYSTON: Royston UD; Ashwell RD

RUSHDEN: Buntingford RD; Hitchin RD

SACOMBE: Hertford RD

ST ALBANS: St Albans City

ST MICHAEL RURAL: St Albans RD

ST PETER RURAL: St Albans RD

ST STEPHEN: St Albans RD

SANDON: Buntingford RD; Hitchin RD

SANDRIDGE RURAL: St Albans RD

SARRATT: Watford RD

SAWBRIDGEWORTH: Hadham RD; Sawbridgeworth UD

SHENLEY: Elstree RD

SHEPHALL: Hitchin RD; Stevenage UD

STANDON: Ware RD

STANSTEAD ABBOTS: Ware RD

STANSTEAD ST MARGARETS: Ware RD

STAPLEFORD: Hertford RD

STEVENAGE: Stevenage UD

TEWIN: Hertford RD

THERFIELD: Ashwell RD; Hitchin RD; Royston UD

THORLEY: Braughing RD; Hadham RD

THROCKING: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

THUNDRIDGE: Ware RD

TOTTERIDGE: Barnet UD

TRING RURAL: Berkhamsted RD

TRING URBAN: Tring UD

KINGS WALDEN: Hitchin RD

ST PAULS WALDEN: Hitchin RD

WALKERN: Hertford RD

WALLINGTON: Buntingford RD; Hitchin RD

WALSWORTH: Hitchin RD; Hitchin UD

WARE RURAL: Ware RD

WARE URBAN: Ware UD

WATFORD RURAL: Watford RD

WATFORD URBAN: Watford UD; Borough of Watford

WATTON-AT-STONE: Hertford RD

WELWYN: Welwyn RD

WELWYN GARDEN CITY: Welwyn RD; Welwyn Garden City UD

WESTMILL: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

WESTON: Hitchin RD

WHEATHAMPSTEAD: St Albans RD

WIDFORD: Ware RD

WIGGINTON: Berkhamsted RD

WILLIAN: Hitchin RD; Letchworth UD

WORMLEY: Ware RD

WYDDIAL: Braughing RD; Buntingford RD

GREAT WYMONDLEY: Hitchin RD

LITTLE WYMONDLEY: Hitchin RD

Hertfordshire District Councils

Pre 1974 Ashwell RDC, post 1974 North Herts

Pre 1974 Baldock UDC, post 1974 North Herts

Pre 1974 Barnet UDC, post 1974 London Borough of Barnet

Pre 1974 Barnet RDC (Elstree RDC from 1941)

Pre 1974 East Barnet UDC, post 1974 London Borough of Barnet

Pre 1974 Berkhamsted UDC, post 1974 Dacorum

Pre 1974 Berkhamsted RDC, post 1974 Dacorum

Pre 1974 Bishops Stortford UDC, post 1974 East Herts

Pre 1974 Braughing RDC, post 1974 East Herts

Pre 1974 Buntingford RDC, post 1974 East Herts

Pre 1974 Bushey UDC, post 1974 Hertsmere

Pre 1974 Cheshunt UDC, post 1974 Broxbourne

Pre 1974 Chorleywood UDC, post 1974 Three Rivers

Pre 1974 Elstree RDC, post 1974 Hertsmere

Pre 1974 Hadham RDC, post 1974 East Herts

Pre 1974 Harpenden UDC, post 1974 St Albans

Pre 1974 Hatfield RDC, post 1974 Welwyn Hatfield

Pre 1974 Hemel Hempstead Borough, post 1974 Dacorum

Pre 1974 Hemel Hempstead RDC, post 1974 Dacorum

Pre 1974 Hertford Borough, post 1974 East Herts

Pre 1974 Hertford RDC, post 1974 East Herts

Pre 1974 Hitchin UDC, post 1974 North Herts

Pre 1974 Hitchin RDC, post 1974 North Herts

Pre 1974 Hoddesdon UDC, post 1974 Broxbourne

Pre 1974 Letchworth UDC, post 1974 North Herts

Pre 1974 South Mimms RDC, post 1974 Hertsmere

Pre 1974 Potters Bar UDC, post 1974 Hertsmere

Pre 1974 Rickmansworth UDC, post 1974 Three Rivers

Pre 1974 Royston UDC, post 1974 North Herts

Pre 1974 St Albans City, post 1974 St Albans

Pre 1974 St Albans RDC, post 1974 St Albans

Pre 1974 Sawbridgeworth UDC, post 1974 East Herts

Pre 1974 Stevenage UDC, post 1974 Stevenage

Pre 1974 Tring UDC, post 1974 Dacorum

Pre 1974 Ware UDC, post 1974 East Herts

Pre 1974 Ware RDC, post 1974 East Herts

Pre 1974 Watford Borough, post 1974 Watford

Pre 1974 Watford UDC (Watford Borough from 1922)

Pre 1974 Watford RDC, post 1974 Three Rivers

Pre 1974 Welwyn RDC, post 1974 Welwyn Hatfield

Pre 1974 Welwyn Garden City UDC, post 1974 Welwyn Hatfield

The records of the Urban and Rural District Councils are listed under the following headings, but are numbered in a continuous sequence. The scheme may be amended as cataloguing proceeds and a full description of it will be provided once this work has been completed. In this summary descriptions are given under each heading [which is in CAPITAL LETTERS] and sub-heading [which is in lower case letters underlined] of some [not all] of the types of record which can be found under that particular heading in the lists.

COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES

- Order creating the Council

- Council and committee minutes

- Byelaws

- Other records relating to or created by the Council as a whole, including deeds registers, year books and contracts

FINANCIAL RECORDS

- General ledgers and other financial records

VALUATION AND RATING

Valuation

- Valuation lists and amendments

Rating

- Rate books [for Rural Districts, rate books prior to 1927 are with parish records in catalogues with the reference CP or DP]

REGISTRATION AND LICENSING

- Registers, listed according to the date of the Act of Parliament requiring or enabling the register to be kept

OFFICERS OF THE COUNCIL

[Records relating to the administrative functions carried out by the officers and their departments, including correspondence]

Clerk

Treasurer

[major financial records are listed under FINANCIAL RECORDS]

Medical Officer of Health

- Reports

Sanitary Inspector

Surveyor

War-time administration: 1914 - 1918

War-time administration: 1939 - 1945

MAPS AND PLANS

SUPERSEDED AUTHORITIES

[Records of authorities whose functions were taken over by the District Council]

Rural Sanitary Authority

[for records of Local Boards of Health, see LBH]

JOINT COMMITTEES/JOINT BOARDS

[Minutes and other records of committees or boards formed by the District Council and other local authorities]

OTHER BODIES

[Minutes and other records of bodies appointed by the District Council or which have come into the Council's official custody, but which are not records of the Council itself]

Road Safety Committee

War Agricultural Committee

MISCELLANEOUS

[Minutes and other records of organisations, associations or committees which have come unofficially into the Council's custody]

Local Government reorganisation

Press cuttings