Cardiganshire 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:	1843-1993
Places:	Dyfed Cardiganshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > County councils
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C73885 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O41821 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1843-1974: Secretary's Department: corresp, registers of acceptances of office, notices of motions, minutes, maps, plans, photographs, electoral registers, publications, book of remembrance, letter (yellow) books, licence registers	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/SE	NRA 37433 Cardiganshire
2	1866-1993: Education Department: reports, photographs, minutes, statistics, questionnaires, corresp, publications, pupils' exercise books, maps	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/ED
3	c1875-1989: Highways Department: records incl register of bridges and culverts, corresp, financial records, circulars, reports, statistics, maps, compulsory purchase orders, drainage schemes, files rel to footpaths and footbridges	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/HI	See Annual Return 2017
4	1889-mid 20th cent: council minute book 1889-1910, minutes of various committees, records of the Public Assistance Institution	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services		See Annual Report 1938-39,1949-50,1957-8,1967-8,1970-1,1973-4
5	1889-1974: Treasurer's Department: records incl salary registers, ledgers, cash books, contracts ledgers, corresp, financial statements	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/TR
6	1896-1972: Planning Department: records incl corresp, court transcripts, photographs, maps, plans	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/PL
7	c1901-1951: Registrar’s Department: records	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/R
8	1903-1978: Motor Licensing Department: motor licensing records	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/ML
9	c1905-1990: Architect's Department: plans and photographs	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/A
10	1920-1977: Estates Departments: corresp, memoranda, circulars, annual reports, smallholding owners register, plans	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/V
11	c1930-1959: Health Department: records incl Anthrax Order of 1938 forms	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/HE	See Annual Return 1999, 2013
12	1949-1976: Cardiganshire Local Valuation Panel: valuation court minutes	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/LV
13	1952-1971: Welfare Services: records incl day books, file rel to administration of remand homes	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/SS
14	c1960-1979: Visual Aids Department: photographs, negatives and associated paperwork of official events, civil engineering projects, etc	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/ED/VA
15	1949-1970: records rel to Civil Defence	Ceredigion Archives	CDC/CD	See Annual Return 2021