Bedfordshire 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:	1712-2000
Places:	Bedfordshire Bedfordshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > County councils
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C75229 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O98295 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1889-1998: records	Bedfordshire Archives	CC
2	1866-1952: Agricultural Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	AG
3	1880-1984: Agricultural Officer and Land Agent papers	Bedfordshire Archives	AO
4	1988-1998: Bedfordshire Child Protection Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	BCP
5	1973-1995: Chief Executive and Chief Officers management activities records	Bedfordshire Archives	CE
6	1975-89: Child Abuse Area Review Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	NAI
7	1929-76: Children's Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	CH
8	1939-57: Civil Defence Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	WW2 AR C
9	1808-1964: Clerk of the Peace papers	Bedfordshire Archives	CP
10	1916: County Appeal Tribunal records	Bedfordshire Archives	WW1 AT
11	1936-89: County Architect's Department records	Bedfordshire Archives	CA
12	1945-85: County Architect's Department drawings	Bedfordshire Archives	CA3
13	20th cent: County Probation Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	C.Pr
14	1897-1974: County Records Committee papers	Bedfordshire Archives	CR
15	1904-99: County Secretary's Department records	Bedfordshire Archives	CS
16	1794-1999: County Treasurer Department records	Bedfordshire Archives	CT
17	1930-1947: County Water Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	WR
18	1912-18: Emergency Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	WW1 EC
19	1982-1996: Employment Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	Em
20	1970-1999: Environmental Services Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	En/S
21	1890-1940: Finance Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	FA
22	1878-1996: Highway Committee and County Surveyor's Department records	Bedfordshire Archives	Hi
23	1938-99: Leisure Committee and Leisure Department records	Bedfordshire Archives	Lei
24	1925-1980: Library Committee papers, County Library Service records	Bedfordshire Archives	Li
25	1873-1967: Licensing Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	CL
26	1844-1988: Local Education Authority records	Bedfordshire Archives	E
27	1955-74: Local Government Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	LG
28	1903-66: Local Taxation Licences Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	TL
29	1903-47: Maternity, Child and Welfare Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	CW
30	1889-1936: Medical Officer of Health records	Bedfordshire Archives	MOH
31	1916-48: Mental Deficiency Acts Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	MD
32	1908-48: Old Age Pension Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	OA
33	1962-95: Photographic Unit photographs	Bedfordshire Archives	Z50
34	1947-2000: Planning Department records	Bedfordshire Archives	Pl
35	1973-99: Policy and Resources Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	PR
36	1959-90: Property Department records	Bedfordshire Archives	PY
37	1914-19: Relief of Distress Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	WW1 RD
38	1712-2000: Smallholdings and Allotments Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	SH
39	1914-28: War Agricultural Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	WW1 AC
40	1939-47: War Agricultural Executive Committee papers	Bedfordshire Archives	WW2 AC
41	1916-23: War Charities Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	WW1 CH
42	1916-20: War Pensions Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	WW1 PC
43	1891-1958: Weights and Measures Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	WM
44	1913-73: Welfare Committee records	Bedfordshire Archives	WEL
45	20th cent: papers rel to Millfield Children's Home, Highgate, and Kempston Lodge Children's Home	Bedfordshire Archives	SS/RH11, SS/RH16	See Annual Return 2014
46	1949-1953: draft map of survey of rights of way under the National Parks and Access to Countryside Act 1949 for Bedford Rural District	Bedfordshire Archives	Lei/RW12/5b	See Annual Return 2020

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Ampthill parish	Ampthill parish was included in the administrative county of Bedfordshire	1889-2009	Hierarchical