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Inverclyde Archives GB599 Burgh of Greenock Finding Aid: Ref Inverclyde Archives GB599 Burgh of Greenock Finding Aid: Ref: LG1 Access to the Archives is by appointment Email: [email protected] Phone: 01475 715627 Field Description Date 1733-1975 Extent 77.06m Creator Burgh of Greenock Admin/Biographical History 1635-1840 - Greenock was created a Burgh of Barony in 1635. The burgh was enlarged under acts of parliament of 1833 and 1882. (A burgh of barony was granted to a tenant-in-chief, a landowner who held his estates directly from the crown. They were created between 1450 and 1707, but many did not survive for long and many others never developed into market towns.) 1840-1975 - Greenock became a Police Burgh under a local act from 1840 and by general act from 1865. (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. Between 1900 and 1975 over 100 police burghs were created. Some were existing royal burghs and burghs of barony or regality. Others were new creations - growing towns which wanted to control industrial pollution, crime and so on.) 1930-1975 - Greenock became 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 - Greenock Burgh was abolished and the area was merged into Inverclyde District Council. Archival History The records of the Burgh of Greenock were transferred to Inverclyde District Council c. 1975. Scope & Content The collection contains minute books (transcripts and originals) of the burgh town council, 1751-1890, 1892-1903, 1906-1941, 1943-1975; Minute books for various departments and committees within the burgh, including: Police Board, Water Trust, Town Council, Tramways Committee, School Board, Magistrates committee, Public Health and Public Works committees dating from 1873-1968; Cash books, receipt books, account books, ledgers and financial papers relating to various departments, including Public Health and Works, Town Planning, Housing and general council, also incorporates various committees, schema and plans within the burgh of Greenock, including Police Board, development plans, Water Trust and war damage repairs, some of which also includes correspondence, c.1794-1970; Abstracts of Accounts, 1836-60, 1858-88, 1922, 1925-1975; Letter books relating to various departments and posts within the council including: Streets, Public Works, Public Health, Sanitation and also Inspectors, Engineers and Master of Works posts, 1844-1849, 1850-1853, 1857- 1866, 1894-1901, 1916-46; Dean of Guild Court warrants, inspector's reports, register petitions, applications, sederunt books and copy books, 1880-1943, 1952-1956, 1956-1959. Within the collection there are numerous inspection reports, from inspectors of cleansing, health, sanitation, meat, medical officers, veterinary surgeons, property managers, caretakers, weights and measures inspectors, town clerks and gas meter inspectors. In addition to this some of the reports also relate various committees and departments within the burgh, 1885-1889, 1900-1973; rating assessment rolls, including Water and Prisons assessment, Police, Prison Land's valuation assessments and various special assessments, 1850, 1855-57, 1865-1924, 1926- 1931, 1934-45; Abstracts of Accounts, 1836-88, 1922, 1925-1932, 1932-75; The collection is also made up of large numbers of departmental reports, journals, handbook and registers relating to specific areas in the council, such as health, public works, sanitation, interments and lairs (1850-1971) transport (1870-1901), cleansing, education, judiciary and housing. These include maintenance registers, notebooks, financial papers, legal documents, plans, diaries and correspondence. Importantly, the collection includes assorted documents and ephemera relating to Police Board, War Damage Committee, burgh elections, the Improvement Fund for the burgh, civil defence and the home fleet on the Clyde. In addition to this there is large number of correspondence, documents and newspaper clippings relating to specific issues such as the opening of cinemas on Sundays, (1947-48) and the papers relating to anti-Italian riots (1940); Also in the collection are a large number of registers of licenses for various trades and specific local businesses, with correspondence. Appraisal, Destruction Material to be held in the permanent collection of the receiving institution. Accruals It is likely that further Burgh material will emerge from within Inverclyde Council. System of Arrangement The records have been arranged under the broad departmental headings which existed at the time of the SRO survey of 1969. Alterations to the original running order of this survey have been in order to represent the workings of the Burgh more coherently. The records have been arranged into nine sub-fonds based around the broad departmental headings which existed at the time of the SRO survey of c. 1969. Context: LG1/1: TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT LG1/1/01: Town Council Minutes LG1/1/02: Committee Minutes LG1/1/03: Dean of Guild Court LG1/1/04: Agenda Books LG1/1/05: Town Clerks Letter Books and Correspondence LG1/1/06: Police Court and Magistrates LG1/1/07: Harbours, Piers and Anchorage LG1/1/08: Electoral Records LG1/1/09: Greenock Burgh School Board LG1/1/10: Licensing Court LG1/1/11: Abattoir and Slaughterhouse LG1/1/12: Improvement Trust and Schemes LG1/1/13: Greenock Public Library LG1/1/14: Cemeteries and Parks LG1/1/15: Housing LG1/1/16: Civil Defence LG1/1/17: Gas LG1/1/18: Electricity Department LG1/1/19: Town Hall LG1/1/20: Water LG1/1/21: Billeting LG1/1/22: Legal LG1/1/23: Municipal Buildings and Administration LG1/1/24: Social Work and Public Assistance LG1/1/25: Charities LG1/1/26: Planning LG1/1/27: Greenock Fire Department LG1/1/28: Official Guides, Programmes and Publications LG1/2: TOWN CHAMBERLAIN'S DEPARTMENT LG1/2/01: Abstracts of Accounts LG1/2/02: Assessment and Valuation Rolls LG1/2/03: Ledgers LG1/2/04: Registers of Mortgages and Bonds LG1/2/05: Registers of Property Sales LG1/2/06: Reports LG1/2/07: Financial Guides LG1/2/08: Correspondence LG1/2/09: Journals LG1/2/10: Account Books LG1/2/11: Day Books LG1/2/12: Cash Books LG1/2/13: Administrative Papers LG1/2/14: Rates and Revenues Receipts Books LG1/2/15: Index to Loans Ledgers LG1/2/16: Town Rentals Books LG1/2/17: Accident Insurance Fund Accounts LG1/2/17: Burgh Assessors Reports LG1/3: BURGH SURVEYOR AND ENGINEER’S DEPARTMENT LG1/3/1: Reports LG1/3/2: Contracts LG1/3/3: Correspondence LG1/3/4: Financial Records LG1/3/5: Registers LG1/3/6: Maps and Plans LG1/4: CHIEF INSPECTOR OF HEALTH’S DEPARTMENT LG1/4/1: Financial Records LG1/4/2: Registers LG1/4/3: Reports of the Medical Officer of Health LG1/4/4: Correspondence LG1/4/5: Newspaper Cuttings LG1/5: INSPECTOR OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES DEPARTMENT LG1/5/1: Records of Standards Books LG1/5/2: Samples Receipt Books LG1/5/3: Warrants and Authorisation Certificates LG1/5/4: Papers concerning New Weighbridge at Victoria Harbour LG1/5/5: Examination Papers LG1/5/6: Papers concerning indentures LG1/5/7: Correspondence, Reports and Papers LG1/5/8: Reports LG1/6: SANITARY INSPECTOR’S DEPARTMENT LG1/6/1: Reports LG1/6/2: Registers LG1/6/3: Financial Records LG1/6/4: Letter Books LG1/7: GREENOCK BURGH POLICE AND BOARD LG1/7/1: Board of Police Minute Books LG1/7/2: Financial Records LG1/7/3: Cell Registers LG1/7/4: Personnel Records LG1/7/5: Record Books of Criminal Cases at Greenock Sheriff Court LG1/7/6: Force Instructions LG1/7/7: Reports LG1/7/8: Improvements Registers LG1/7/9: Posters LG1/8: GREENOCK WATER TRUST LG1/8/1: Minutes LG1/8/2: Financial Records LG1/8/3: Publications LG1/9: GREENOCK HARBOUR TRUST Currently being catalogued – email the Archivist for a list of available material Access Conditions Access consistent with the Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection Act. Rules or Conventions Description based on the Watt Library Archives 'Archival Description Manual', International Standard Archival Description (General) [ISAD(G)], and International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families [ISAAR(CPF)]. Dates of Descriptions 06/03/2020 Reference Number Title Date Extent LG1/1: Town Clerk's Department Reference Number Title Date Extent LG1/1/01 Town Council Minutes LG1/1/01/1 Manuscript Minute Books 1751-1898 LG1/1/01/1/01 Minute Book 1751-1762 1 LG1/1/01/1/02 Minute Book 1762-1789 1 LG1/1/01/1/03 Minute Book 1789-1805 1 LG1/1/01/1/04 Minute Book 1805-1820 1 LG1/1/01/1/05 Minute Book 1820-1828 1 LG1/1/01/1/06 Minute Book 1828-1835 1 LG1/1/01/1/07 Minute Book 1835-1843 1 LG1/1/01/1/08 Minute Book 1843-1850 1 LG1/1/01/1/09 Minute Book 1850-1861 1 LG1/1/01/1/10 Minute Book 1861-1871 1 LG1/1/01/1/11 Minute Book 1871-1887 1 LG1/1/01/1/12 Minute Book 1887-1898 1 LG1/1/01/2 Printed Minute Books 1879-1975 Reference Number Title Date Extent LG1/1/01/2/01 Minute Book 1879-1882 1 LG1/1/01/2/02 Minute Book 1882 1 LG1/1/01/2/03 Minute Book 1885 1 LG1/1/01/2/04 Minute Book 1893 1 LG1/1/01/2/05 Minute Book 1895-1897 1 LG1/1/01/2/06 Minute Book 1898 1 LG1/1/01/2/07 Minute Book 1898-1900 1 LG1/1/01/2/08 Minute Book 1900 1 LG1/1/01/2/09 Minute Book 1901 0 LG1/1/01/2/10 Minute Book 1902 1 LG1/1/01/2/11 Minute Book 1903 1 LG1/1/01/2/12 Minute Book 1904 1 LG1/1/01/2/13 Minute Book 1905 1 LG1/1/01/2/14 Minute Book 1906 1 LG1/1/01/2/15 Minute Book 1906-1907 1 LG1/1/01/2/16 Minute Book 1908 1 LG1/1/01/2/17
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