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Birkenhead County Borough

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The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Alternative name(s):
  • Birkenhead Corporation (Formerly known as)
Date: 1800-2000
Places:
  • Birkenhead, Cheshire
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (local) > Boroughs, improvement commissions, town councils
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C24076 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O41211 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
19th - 20th cent: Acts, records rel to incorporation, town planning records, slum clearance, Poor Law Union, property, docks, ferries, boundaries, licenses, electricity, elections, mayors, cemeteries, histories, reference books, handbooks, year books, newspaper cuttings
Wirral Archives
2
1866-1948: education committee minutes and railway acts
Wirral Archives
See Annual Return 2011
3
1899-1957: minutes and reports of the vigilance committee
Wirral Archives
NRA 16010 Birkenhead boro
4
1907-1927: plans and sections of the Birkenhead entrance of the Mersey Tunnel and the Alwen Reservoir
Wirral Archives
5
early 20th cent: records rel to Alwen Reservoir
Wirral Archives
6
20th cent: records rel to Birkenhead Tunnel (Queensway) and Wallasey Tunnel (Kingsway)
Wirral Archives
See Annual Return 2014
7
1940-1942: records rel to Second World War
Wirral Archives
See Annual Return 2014
8
1884-1974: council summonses
Wirral Archives
See Annual Return 2015
9
1880-1974: council and corporation minutes and proceedings
Wirral Archives
See Annual Return 2015
10
1939-1945: book of remembrance and roll of honour
Wirral Archives
See Annual Return 2016