Records of Burnley Borough Council

The major part of the Council's records was deposited in 1985 and includes signed copies of the minutes of Council proceedings (CBBU 13-14), committee minutes (CBBU 15-59), sub-committee minutes (CBBU 60-100,119) and minutes of joint committees and undertakings (CBBU 101-116), together with an extensive set of rate books, letter books and other records. Some of these items duplicate material in earlier deposits, but in most cases, such as the deposit by Burnley Library in 1976 (CBBU 4) and that by the County Library in 1980 (CBBU 9), the earlier minutes are only unsigned copies.

Non-Council records included in the 1985 deposit have received different catalogue references; thus items from Burnley Rural District have been given the reference RDBu and those from Burnley Quarter Sessions QBU.

For Transport Committee minutes, see cleansing and Transport Committee minutes (CBBU 19).

For Joint Consultative Sub-Committee minutes, see Plant Competition Sub-Committee minutes (CBBU 86).

For Reference Sub-Committee minutes, see General Purposes Sub-Committee minutes (CBBU 78).

For Office and Administration Sub-Committee minutes, see General Purposes Sub-Committee minutes (CBBU 78).

For Physical Care and Special Schools Sub-Committee minutes, see Special Schools and Services Sub-Committee minutes, (CBBU 92)

For Post-War Development Sub-Committees minutes, see Consultative and Co-ordination Sub-Committee minutes (CBBU 69/3)

For Sanitary Committee minutes, see Baths and Sanitary Committee minutes (CBBU 16).

CBBU 1. Abstracts of annual Borough accounts (printed)

CBBU 2. Education Committee minutes (printed)

CBBU 3. Water Works Department: reports of the Water Manager

CBBU 4. Council and Committee minutes (printed)

CBBU 5. Planning and Estates Department: miscellanea

CBBU 6. Corporation Officials: annual reports (printed)

CBBU 7. Medical Officer of Health: annual reports (printed)

CBBU 8. Health Department: newscuttings

CBBU 9. Council and Committee minutes

CBBU 10. Estimates of Income and Expenditure

CBBU 11. Medical Officer of Health: annual reports (printed)

CBBU 12. Improvement Commissioners' records

CBBU 13. Council Minutes (manuscript)

CBBU 14. Council minutes (printed)

CBBU 15. Baths and Cemetery Committee minutes

CBBU 16. Baths and Sanitary Committee minutes

CBBU 17. Children's Committee minutes

CBBU 18. Civil Defence Committee minutes

CBBU 19. Cleansing and Transport Committee minutes

CBBU 20. Coal Committee minutes

CBBU 21. Development Committee minutes

CBBU 22. Distress Committee minutes

CBBU 23 Education Committee minutes

CBBU 24. Electricity Committee minutes

CBBU 25. Finance Committee minutes

CBBU 26. Gas Committee minutes

CBBU 27. Gas and Electric Lighting Committee minutes

CBBU 28. General Purposes Committee minutes

CBBU 29. Health Committee minutes

CBBU 30. Highways and Sewage Committee minutes

CBBU 31. Housing Committee minutes

CBBU 32. Improvement Committee minutes

CBBU 33. Libraries and Arts Committee minutes

CBBU 34. Markets Committee minutes

CBBU 35. Maternity and Child Welfare Committee minutes

CBBU 36. Municipal Buildings Committee minutes

CBBU 37. Municipal Symphony Orchestra Committee minutes

CBBU 38. National Kitchens Committee minutes

CBBU 39. Parks and Recreation Grounds Committee minutes

CBBU 40. Parliamentary Committee minutes

CBBU 41. Personal Services Group minutes

CBBU 42. Public Assistance Committee minutes

CBBU 43. Public Library Committee minutes

CBBU 44. Public Works Committee minutes

CBBU 45. Recreational Facilities Committee minutes

CBBU 46. Salaries and Wages Committee minutes

CBBU 47. Selection Committee minutes

CBBU 48. Sewerage/Sewage Committee minutes

CBBU 49. Smallholdings and Allotments Committee minutes

CBBU 50. Social Services Committee minutes

CBBU 51. Social Welfare Committee minutes

CBBU 52. Technical Instruction Committee minutes

CBBU 53. Town Hall, Baths and Cemetery Committee minutes

CBBU 54. Town Hall, Baths and Markets Committee minutes

CBBU 55. Town Hall, Parks and Estates Committee minutes

CBBU 56. Valuations Committee minutes

CBBU 57. Watch Committee minutes

CBBU 58. Water Committee minutes

CBBU 59. Welfare Services Committee minutes

CBBU 60. Air Raid Precautions Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 61. Art Gallery and Museum Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 62 Baths and Cemetery Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 63. Blind Persons Act Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 64. Blind Workshop Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 65. Borough Surveyor's Staff Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 66. Car-Parking Special Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 67. Centenary Celebrations: various sub-committees' minutes

CBBU 68. Clog Fund Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 69. Consultative and Co-ordination Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 70. Coronation Celebrations: various sub-committees minutes

CBBU 71. Dangerous Places Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 72. Development Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 73. Elementary Education Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 74. Elementary Education Reference Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 75. Festival of Britain: various sub-committees minutes

CBBU 76. Finance Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 77. Fire Brigade Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 78. General Purposes Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 79. Higher Education Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 80. Improvement Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 81. Institution Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 82. Massey Bequest Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 83. Motor Vehicles Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 84. Parliamentary Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 85. Plans Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 86. (Joint Consultative Sub-Committee minutes

Plant Competition Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 87. Property Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 88. Public Health and Maternity Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 89. Restaurant Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 90. Rota Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 91. Salaries and Wages Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 92. Special School and Services Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 93. Sports Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 94. Street Lighting Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 95. Thompson Bequest Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 96. Town Hall and Parks Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 97. Twinning Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 98. Works Department Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 99. Committee and Sub-Committee manuscript minutes

CBBU 100. Other Committee and Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 101. Accrington and church Outfall Sewage Board minutes

CBBU 102. Burnley Joint Hospital Board minutes

CBBU 103. Burnley, Colne and Nelson Joint Transport Committee

CBBU 104. Burnley Victoria Hospital: Carnival Committee and Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 105. Fuel Committee minutes

CBBU 106. Housing Advisory Committee minutes

CBBU 107. Joint Committee for the New Lancashire County District No. 12: project group minutes

CBBU 108. Juvenile Organizations Committee minutes

CBBU 109 Lancashire Joint Advisory Planning Committee No. 2: Committee and Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 110 North East Lancashire Area Transport Co-ordinating Committee minutes

CBBU 111 North East Lancashire Region No. 2: Joint Town Planning Committee minutes

CBBU 112 Twinning Committee minutes

CBBU 113 Youth Committee minutes

CBBU 114 Governors of the Grammar School minutes

CBBU 115 Council Schools (Group No. 3): Managers' minutes

CBBU 116 Non-Provided Schools: Managers' minutes

CBBU 117 Education Committee minutes (printed)

CBBU 118 Ex-Forces Victory Centre: Trustees' minutes

CBBU 119 Electric Lighting Sub-Committee minutes

CBBU 120 Letter books

CBBU 121 Public Assistance Department: outdoor relief lists

CBBU 122 Public Health Department: returns of deaths

CBBU 123 Public Health Department: returns of births

CBBU 124 Tramways Committee minutes

CBBU 125 Monthly accounts (printed)

CBBU 126 Town Clerk (includes Tramways files)

All records open

Deposited by Burnley Library. Acc.3822

Additional deposit by the Planning and Estates Officer 1 Aug. 1978 (acc. 4102)

Additional deposit by the Planning and Estates Officer 5 Feb. 1979 (acc. 4179)

Additional deposit by the Committee Sector Administrator, Burnley General Hospital 11 Jun. 1979 (acc. 4230)

Additional deposit by The Administrator, Burnley District Health Authority 11 Jun. 1979 (acc. 4231)

Additional deposit by the County Library, Preston 1 Dec. 1979 (acc. 4340)

Additional deposit by the Planning and Estates Officer 19 Feb. 1980 (acc. 4366)

Additional deposit by the Planning and Estates Officer 1 Aug. 1980 (acc. 4443)

Additional deposit by the Chief Executive/Clerk 28 Jun. 1982 (acc. 4876)

Additional deposit by the Chief Executive/Clerk 6 Aug. 1985 (acc. 5642)

Additional deposit by the Divisional Officer, Lancashire County Fire Brigade 20 Jan. 1986 (acc. 5746)

Additional deposit by the District Librarian, Burnley 29 Nov. 1989 (acc. 6596)

Additional deposit by the Chief Executive/Clerk 11 Sep. 1992 (acc. 7249)

Additional deposit by the District Librarian, Burnley 24 Nov. 1992 (acc. 7304)

Additional deposit by the District Librarian, Burnley 22 Dec. 1992 (acc. 7324)

Accession 3822 comprises CBBU 1/1-2, 7, 12-37, 40-56, 58; 2/1-10, 12-14; 3/1-14, 18-20, 22, 24, 27, 29, 34, 39, 41-44, 48-51, 53-56; 4/1, 5-7, 9-12, 14, 16-70

Accession 4102 comprises CBBU 5/1-3

Accession 4179 comprises CBBU 5/4

Accession 4230 comprises CBBU 8/1-5, 7-8

Accession 4231 comprises CBBU 6/1-2, 4-7, 7/1-9

Accession 4340 comprises CBBU 9/1-12, 10/1, 11/1

Accession 4366 comprises estimates of income and expenditure, 1966-69; building byelaws; photographic negatives; premises compensation register, 1939-46; planning records; reports on Altham Sewage Works, 1962-63

Accession 4443 comprises printed reports of Burnley Waterworks, 1906-09; a scheme of Further Education in Burnley, 1949; reports of the Lancashire River Board, 1952-65 - see cc/LBR

Accession 4876 comprises a register of schemes requiring government grants and/or sanction to loan, 1924-66

Accession 5642 comprises CBBU 12-119; as well as letter books, rate books, seal registers, accounts; QBU; RDBu

Accession 5746 comprises records of the Burnley Division Fire Brigade including copy minutes of officers' meetings, brigade orders, operations and training notes, memoranda, special reports, items re new fire station, c.1948-76

Accession 6596 comprises CBBU 121-123 as well as Waterworks Dept. records 20th cent., and miscellaneous, 20th cent.

Accession 7249 comprises CBBU 37/2; 124/1; UDPa; HRBj

Accession 7304 comprises CBBU 1/10-11, 38-39, 61-68, 70

Accession 7324 comprises CBBU 125/1-8

Accession 4302 CBBU 126/1-2

Burnley Borough Council was established by a charter of incorporation granted on 24 October 1861. Previously, various Acts had been passed, from 1819 onwards, giving certain regulatory powers to local commissioners. However it was not until the Burnley Improvement Act of 1846 provided for the election of 60 Commissioners that a real change was effected in local government, and the earliest records deposited by the Burnley Borough Council relate to the activities of these Improvement Commissioners (CBBU 12).

The Borough was raised to the status of a County Borough in 1889 but under the Local Government Act 1972 was replaced by a District Council. This too is known as Burnley Borough Council and comprises not only the area of the former County Borough but also the former Padiham Urban District and some parishes previously in Burnley Rural District.