Halifax 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):	Halifax County Borough (Also known as)
Date:	1621-1986
Places:	Halifax, Yorkshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > Boroughs, improvement commissions, town councils
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C21378 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O41286 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1838, 1859-1919: misc records, incl museum management comm 1894-1904, and minute book of Moorside estate 1860-70	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	HAS/B4	NRA 6546 Halifax
2	1860-1973: misc plans, incl the Town Hall, market, schools, swimming baths and fire stations	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	WYC:1088/1-101	NRA 21161 Calderdale misc
3	1865-75: sanitary & slaughterhouse committee minutes	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	MISC223	NRA 21161 Calderdale misc
4	1878-1974: particulars of borrowing powers	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	WYC:1104	NRA 21161 Calderdale misc
5	1926-74: Housing Dept rent arrears books	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	WYC:1081	NRA 21161 Calderdale misc
6	1929-40: joint committee of corporation with L.M.S.Rlwy Co & L.N.E. Rlwy Co minutes re motor omnibus services	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	MISC324	NRA 21161 Calderdale misc
7	1907-56: lighting dept requisition books 1922-56, time books 1907-23 incl names of lamplighters & earnings	Bankfield Museum	MS	NRA 5855 Bankfield Mus coll
8	1965-73: Chief engineers Department, vehicle licensing stats	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	Misc 841	NRA 10236 Halifax borough
9	1943-1973: minutes	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	HXM: 484-568	See Annual Return 1995
10	1912-1975: conveyancing books	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	CBH	NRA 10236 Halifax borough
11	1936-37: overcrowding survey records (arranged alphabetically by street)	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	OS	NRA 10236 Halifax borough
12	1946-1957: Engineer's department: building plans, applications, corresp and papers	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	BIP/HX	NRA 21161 Calderdale misc See WYAS1255
13	1904-1974: Improvement Committee reports with registers of buildings and houses completed	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	BIP/ HXA	NRA 21161 Calderdale misc See WYAS1969
14	1955-74: Education Cttee school attendance returns	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	WYC:1110	NRA 21161 Calderdale misc
15	1864-1968: property registers and plans	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	WYC 1164
16	1822-1944: gas supply records	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	WYC 1170
17	1675-1974: deeds schedules and indexes	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	CMT1/1	See Annual Return 2007
18	1621-1939: abstracts of title	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	CMT1/3	See Annual Return 2007
19	1911-1961: seal books	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	CMT 1/5	See Annual Return 2007
20	1900-1974: building registers and plans	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	CMT1/8	See Annual Return 2007
21	1940-1972: Clerk's Dept: copy out-letters and letters rel to deaths of Council members and officers	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	CMT1/14-15	See Annual Return 2008
22	1930-1967: Education Committee: School Medical Service: annual reports	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	CMT1/22
23	1952-1986: Corporation Passenger Transport Services: register of staff	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	WYC:1540
24	1834-1864: revenue and excise officers: records	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	WYC 1225
25	1817-1928: public notice posters, maps and improvement works plans and orders	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	CMT1/105-107	See Annual Return 2017
26	c1863-1949: gas dept report book, production and distribution register and other records	National Gas Archive	NE:HAC	NRA 42772 NEGB