Inverclyde Archives GB599 Burgh of Port Glasgow Finding Aid: Ref: LG2 Access to the Archives is by appointment Email:
[email protected] Phone: 01475 715627 Field Description Date 1772-1975 Extent 16.96m Creator Burgh of Port Glasgow Admin/Biographical History 1668 - A burgh of barony erected in favour of Glasgow. 1803-1975 - A Police Burgh (Police burghs were towns which adopted local or national acts of Parliament to adopt an elected town council, which was responsible for policing, paving, lighting and cleansing.) 1832 - A Parliamentary Burgh (Parliamentary burghs were royal burghs and many burghs of barony and regality on which elected town councils were imposed by Parliament in 1832-33.) 1930-1975 - A Large Burgh (In 1930 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929) burghs were divided into counties of cities (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee), large burghs, and small burghs. 1975 - Abolished and merged into Inverclyde District Council Archival History Transferred to Inverclyde District Council, 1975 Field Description Scope & Content The collection includes: manuscript minute books and published minutes of the Town Council (1787-1855, 1878-1891, 1897-1975) and many of its committees, departments and other associated bodies (1857-1937); Sederunt books (1774- 1815, 1835-1837,1855-1864, 1891-1892); ledgers, journals, account books, cash books and other manuscript financial papers and volumes (1774-1975); published Abstracts of Accounts (1875-1956, 1960-1963, 1969-1973); Rates Assessments Rolls (1829-32, 1837-41, 1847-58, 1862-1969). Other material includes: cuttings books (1897-1977); a large collection of papers relating to housing and planning, including Dean of Guild Court minute books (1877-1967), papers relating to post-war housing schemes, and Housing and Town Planning survey reports (1950-1968); Sanitary Inspector's reports (1909- 1914, 1919-1927, 1929-1938, 1950-1965, 1969-1970).