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Chepstow Urban District Council, records

Reference code(s): GB 0218 A530

Held at: Gwent Archives

Title: Chepstow Urban District Council Records

Short Title: Chepstow Urban District Council, records

Creation date(s): 1873-1974

Level of description: Fonds

Extent: To be supplied

Name of creator(s): Chepstow Urban District Council; Chepstow Local Board

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history: Chepstow Urban District Council (UDC), Monmouthshire, was established under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1894. The Council comprised a number of councillors and a chairman and initially replaced Chepstow Local Board. Its responsibilities included sanitary services, sewerage, refuse collection, housing, streets, cemeteries, libraries, parks, controls on buildings such as petrol stations, and licensing of public entertainments. UDCs were administered by a number of committees and by appointed officers including a Clerk, Treasurer, Medical Officer of Health, Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector. Chepstow UDC was abolished in 1974 following local government reorganisation, and its functions were assumed by the new Monmouth District Council.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract: Records of Chepstow Local Board, 1873-1894, and Chepstow Urban District Council, 1894-1974.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement: No information found

Conditions governing access: No restrictions

Conditions governing reproduction: Usual copyright regulations apply

Finding aids: Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Gwent Record Office.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records have been retained

Accruals: Accruals are not expected

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition: No information found

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Gwent Record Office, Chepstow Urban District Council, catalogue; Jackson, W. Eric, The Structure of Local Government in England and Wales (London: Longmans, 1949); Hey, David, Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History (Oxford, 1997); Richards, Melville, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff, 1969); A Vision of Britain website (www.visionofbritain.org.uk), viewed 19 September 2005.

Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH

Date(s) of descriptions: September 2005

INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects: Chepstow (Wales). | Urban District Council | Archives; Local government | Wales | Chepstow
Personal names
Corporate names: Chepstow (Wales) | Local Board; Chepstow (Wales) | Urban District Council
Places: Chepstow (Wales)