Lancashire 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:	1675-2002
Places:	Lancashire Lancashire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > County councils
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C70320 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O41804 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1675-78, 1718: rate books "A true and perfect booke of rates and taxation..."	Lancashire Archives	DDX/114,123/42	NRA 3510 Lancs RO misc
2	1750-1976: records of the Highways and Bridges Committee incl minutes, bridge files and register, photographs, highway files, plans, paintings	Lancashire Archives	CC/MB
3	c1800-1974: records	Lancashire Archives	CC
4	1840-1975: records of the finance committee incl minutes, agendas, appendices, reports, files, sub-committee records	Lancashire Archives	CC/F
5	1881-1948: records of the Mental Hospitals Board incl minutes, reports of the County Lunatic Asylums, financial records, year books	Lancashire Archives	CC/HB
6	1928-1974: lieutenancy records incl files, royal visit files, programmes and photographs, magistrates recommendations, advisory committee minutes, undertakings of county justices	Lancashire Archives	CC/LL
7	c1930-1970: Area 12 Health Sub-Committee minutes and medical officers' papers	Bury Museum and Archives	ALC	See Annual Return 1998
8	1931-1978: records of the planning committee incl minutes, plans, planning and development committee minutes and files, County of Lancaster development plan, reports, sub-committee records	Lancashire Archives	CC/PL	See Annual Return 2000
9	1933-2002: records of the Education Department incl files, annual reports, careers service records, school lists, records rel to Local Authorities School Meals Equipment Consortium	Lancashire Archives	LCC 9
10	1943-1994: adoption files and Stoneygate Children's Centre admissions register	Lancashire Archives	LCC
11	1947-1974: records of the Health Committee incl minutes, financial records, divisional committee files, minutes and reports, records of the nursing services sub-committee, records of the mental health sub-committee, records of the ambulance and health services transport sub-committee incl minutes, ambulance service reports and staff records, photographs rel to County Health Education Unit, records of the welfare services sub-committee	Lancashire Archives	CC/H
12	1957-1962: files rel to 1957 Windscale reactor fire	Lancashire Archives	CC/XF	See Annual Return 1998
13	1960-1963: divisional education officer, copy letter books	Lancashire Archives	CC/EXLA/ACC10123	See Annual Return 2007
14	1965-1974: records of Onward incl minutes and annual reports	Lancashire Archives	CC/O
15	1973-1994: councillors' attendance books	Lancashire Archives	LCC 1/19/1-5	See Annual Return 2007
16	1985-2002: files of county council members and political groups	Lancashire Archives	LCC 1/17	See Annual Return 2008