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Durham County 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.

Date: 1700-2100
Places:
  • Durham
  • Durham
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (local) > County councils
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C57807 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O41799 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
c1810-2006: Environment Department: records incl photographs, plans, minutes, corresp, design and conservation records incl photographs and publications
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Acc 8737
2
1880-1986: Clerk's Department: records incl registers, seal books, minutes, attendance books, corresp, reports and maps
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
3
1888-1974: County Architect's Department: records incl photographs, plans and elevations rel to schools and other public buildings
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
4
20th cent: architects' plans, other plans incl schools, building control registers
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
5
1900-2008: minutes
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Annual Return 2008
6
1905-79: elementary education department special complaints book and corresp
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
NRA 18297 Durham RO misc
7
1907-1994: Economic Development and Research Unit: development reports and publications rel to various council departments and Durham district councils
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
8
1908-78: Education Department register of special complaints
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Annual Return 2005
9
c1930-1989: Private Street Works scheme files
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
10
c1935-2010: reclamation files, registers of new dwellings and unfit houses
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
11
1940-1992: Chief Executive and Clerk's Department: records incl County Hall visitors book, minutes and corresp rel to the Silver Jubilee, and records rel to chancel repairs for various Durham churches
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
12
1954-2007: photographs, maps and plans and papers rel to waste disposal
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
13
c 1955-1970: records of the County Analyst's Department
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Annual Return 2011
14
1960-1979: Bishop Auckland Town Hall and Library records
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
15
1961-2002: Press and Information Office: photographs rel to the County Council centenary, HMS Brazen, and the opening of Clayport Library
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
16
1974-2006: Social Services department: records incl minutes, log books and photographs rel to Aycliffe School Centre for Children, Copelaw, Durham; Newton Aycliffe Day Nursery; and Tow Law Children's Home, Attlee Estate
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
17
1983-2006: School Governor Support Service minutes
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
18
c1990-2010: project files rel to Keys to the Past, Past Perfect, Time Detectives, Millennium Commission
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
19
c1991-1999: Neighbourhood Direct Services: chairmen's files, historical information files, photographs
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
20
2006-2008: Neighbourhood Services: crematorium registers
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Acc 8684
21
1990-2000s: Neighbourhood Services: highways lab reports and site investigations, contaminated land files
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Annual Return 2014, Acc 8602, 8642, 8739
22
1979-2006: Neighbourhood Services: bequest files
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Acc 8744
23
2009-2015: Minutes: Cabinet
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Acc 8576, 8577, 8682
24
2009-2013: Minutes: Central Durham Crematorium Joint Committee
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
25
1876-1985: Durham City Engineers building control plans (microfilm)
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
26
1974-2009: Legal and Democratic Services: minutes, reports and registers of seals and deeds
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
27
1940s-2001: annual population statistics, estimates and predictions
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
28
1999-2004: records rel to Millennium Project incl plans and corresp
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
29
1980s-2000s: publications, studies and reports rel to development of Durham County coast
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Acc 8711
30
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller records incl site vists, refurbishments, grants
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Acc 8579
31
1970s: records rel to Stanley Ludkin, County Medical Officer
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Acc 8608
32
1938-2011: records rel to education and schools in county, incl Education Committee, Education Finance Committe and School Benevolent Fund papers and photographs of county council schools
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Annual Return 2015
33
20th cent: records rel to building and amendments to county council properties incl County Hall, Police headquarters and schools
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Annual Return 2015
34
1924-1995: County Land and Property Department
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
35
2009-2015: Minutes: Audit Committee
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
36
2009-2015: Minutes: Pension Fund
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
37
2009-2014: Minutes: Overview and Scrutiny Management Board
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
38
2009-2014: Minutes: Economy and Enterprise Overview and Scrutiny Committee
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
39
2009-2015: Minutes: County Planning Committee
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
40
2009-2015: Minutes: Statutory Licensing Sub-Committee
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
41
2010-2013: County Durham Development Company/Business Durham Advisory Board
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
42
20th cent: plans of Elvet House; children's home log books
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Annual Return 2016
43
21st cent: Arts Development: records incl Victor Pasmore Apollo Pavilion, Peterlee and brass programmes
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Annual Return 2018
44
2018: Weardale Area Action Partnership: 'We are Weardale' booklet of creative writing by residents, compiled as part of a project run with various organisations incl schools and Weardale Museum
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Annual Return 2018
45
21st cent: records incl council publications, employee updates and minutes
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Annual Return 2018
46
c1978-2018: departmental files incl EEC officials visit rel to closure of steel industry and Local Government Commission for England files
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Annual Return 2018
47
1974-2000s: Bishop Auckland by-pass compulsory purchase order; DCC Environment Committee reports by County Engineer on Chester le Street town centre and Bishop Auckland town centre, The Victoria Flat at Auckland Castle
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
48
c1980-2015: planning files incl housing developments, open spaces and South West planning files
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
49
20th-21st cent: contaminated land files and floppy disks of CAD drawings of DCC buildings and site surveys, signed plans and land surveys
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
50
20th cent: assets: photographs of land holdings; archaeological assessments of historical sites, listed buildings and reclamation schemes photo albums
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
51
1971-1981: finance ledgers of Durham County Council Police Committee, Probation and After Care Committee
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
52
2003-2018: born digital photograph of County Hall artwork for publication 'Forty Years of County Hall' and digital images of Mayors of Durham
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
53
18th-20th cent: photographs and journal called Northern Architect - mayoral records from 18th cent
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
54
2018: DCC news spring and Durham County News autumn
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
55
2006-2017: children and adult services, school and governor support files
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
56
c1970-1979: photograph album rel to year Roy Robinson was chairman
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
57
c1990-2006: places to visit in Co Durham and copy of speed map published by County Durham Books
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
58
1991-2013: records incl constitution, committee attendance books and seal books (39)
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
59
c1960: contract documents rel to supplies for the new County Hall
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Annual Return 2019
Related record creators
  Record creator Description of relationship Dates Category of relationship
1
Charles Dowse was employed in the County Architect's Department of Durham County Council
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