Devon 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:	1900-2014
Places:	Devon Devon
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > County councils
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C57892 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O41797 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	20th cent: records rel to river pollution, the environment, and road construction inc papers, photographs, minutes, plans, and corresp	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8223
2	20th cent: files rel to county farms	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8322
3	20th cent: Highways Department: maps, plans, notices, and registers rel to road safety, improvements, and traffic management.	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8459	See Annual Return 2012
4	20th cent: Planning Department: photographs mainly rel to bridges and roads, papers and plans of the County Architect, settlement plans, county development plans incl photographs, corresp rel to roads	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8342, 8893, 8904, 8928, 8929, 8962
5	20th cent: surveys rel to social and economic change inc corresp, maps, photographs, reports and ephemera	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8324
6	1909-1981: accounts	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8635
7	1926-2007: records rel to Devon schools, environment, sale of land and Harrowbeer Aerodrome area	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8515 8611
8	1930s-1950s: photographs of army and civil defence organisations' training exercises and operations	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8378
9	1933-1937: planning act and registers	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8308
10	1937-85: North Devon Joint Planning Committee minutes 1937-48 & planning appeals 1964-74	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	3760 add 6 7493 7494	NRA 4613 Devon RO
11	c 1947 - 2002: records rel to Devon Record Office (now Devon Heritage Centre)	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8477 8478
12	1950-1959: Surveyor's Department parish plans	North Devon Record Office (South West Heritage Trust)	B1184
13	1995-1998: Resources file on planning for new Devon Record Office, incl corresp, memoranda, property appraisal, cost assessments, reports and plans	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	6990	See Annual Return 2007
14	1999-2004: records rel to environment land management schemes inc corresp, ephemera, reports, surveys and other records	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8323
15	2000-2012: minutes of various council committees	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8321 8485
16	2001-2002: foot and mouth disease enquiry, submissions, transcripts and papers	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	6233	NRA 9312 Devon CC
17	2008-2014: agendas and minutes for the cabinet and various committees	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8578, 8742
18	20th cent: microfiche of ordnance survey maps, mounted in card	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	9216C; acc D2018/28
19	c1962-1999: road scheme maps and design plans with photographs, mainly for 'A' roads	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	9216C; acc D2018/80
20	1970: Barnstaple Proposal Report	North Devon Record Office (South West Heritage Trust)	B1366