Guildford Borough Council

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

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):	Guildford Borough Council (Also known as)
Date:	1500-2015
Places:	Guildford, Surrey
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > Boroughs, improvement commissions, town councils
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C21312 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O41283 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	16 th cent - late 20th cent: court books, corresp, finance, council minutes etc	Surrey History Centre	BR	NRA 24040 Guildford boro
2	1750-51: expense account of mayor, John Weston, incl auditor's note	Surrey History Centre	1412	NRA 29445 SRO Guildford misc
3	1946-74: planning and map registers of predecessor authorities	Surrey History Centre	7581	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc See Annual Return 2004
4	1941-2010: honorary remembrancer's reports	Surrey History Centre	1736/HR	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc
5	1806-2008: publications	Surrey History Centre	6798	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc
6	1890-1954: building registers, plans rel to borough and district councils	Surrey History Centre	5118	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc
7	c1896-1976: clerk and solicitors' department files	Surrey History Centre	5033	NRA 24040 Guildford boro
8	1975-2015: electoral registers	Surrey History Centre	4588	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc
9	1970-2001: copy agenda, minutes and year books	Surrey History Centre	7142	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc
10	1806-1976: accounts, ratebooks for the year 1976 and records rel to borough clerk and surveyor	Surrey History Centre	1822	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc
11	1921-51: registers of council officers and servants, incl salary information	Surrey History Centre	7788	NRA 24040 Guildford boro See Annual Return 2005
12	1893-1979: misc records incl minutes of evidence to Commons Select Committees, file rel to Guildford slaughterhouse and copies of legislation	Surrey History Centre	7825	NRA 24040 Guildford boro See Annual Return 2005
13	1871-1974: additional deeds and records rel to Guildford Muniment Room	Surrey History Centre	8250	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc See Annual Return 2008
14	1932-1974: Clerk and Solicitors Department records: corresp, plans, municipal office records, committee papers, planning records, minutes, memoranda	Surrey History Centre	7138
15	2013-2014: report of the Borough Honorary Remembrancer	Surrey History Centre	1736HR	See Annual Return 2018
16	1883-1906: additional deeds comprising agreements with railway companies	Surrey History Centre	10314	See Annual Return 2021