Manchester City 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:	1690-2010
Places:	Manchester, Lancashire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local)
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C188909 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O114961 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1912-1914: Air Pollution Advisory Board papers	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M360	NRA 20935 Manchester CL misc
2	1805-1989: Cleansing Department records	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M595
3	1890-1969: Engineers and Surveyors Department records	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M723	See Annual Return 2005
4	1925-1952: Hackney Coach Department records	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M598	NRA 20935 Manchester CL misc
5	1909-1972: Health Department: canal boat records	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M487
6	1825-1973: Highways Department ledgers	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M19
7	1981-2001: Manchester Festival Office records	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M692	See Annual Return 2005
8	1890-1937: Market Inspector's court book	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M736	See Annual Return 2005
9	1915-1957: Parks and Cemeteries Department wages alteration books and wages advanced book	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M722	See Annual Return 2005
10	1867-1868: Surveyors papers rel to new Town Hall	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M296
11	c1690 - 1968: Town Clerks Department records	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M74
12	1873-1969: Transport Department records	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M29
13	1889-1974: Watch Committee registers of licences	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M192	NRA 20935 Manchester CL misc
14	1950-1974: Weights and Measures Department records	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M417
15	c1931-1999: papers rel to mechanisation of accounting and purchase of first mainframe computer	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M770	See Annual Return 2007
16	c1889-2002: staff records incl architects, airport, landscape, quantity surveyors, housing, town planning, management and planning and project planning	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M771	See Annual Return 2007
17	1949-1961: city librarian Charles Nowell's papers rel to establishment of library service for residential homes incl corresp, reports, memoranda and cuttings	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M740	See Annual Return 2007
18	1992-2003: Service Improvement and Inclusion Team records relating to civil partnerships	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	2008/12	See Annual Return 2008
19	1836-1973: additional records of the Cleansing Department	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	2008/37	See Annual Return 2008
20	1857-1938: Town Clerk's Department papers	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	GB127.M68
21	1890-2009: Education Department schools' records	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	GB127.M66	See Annual Return 2009
22	1900-1999: Education Department minutes	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	GB127.M428
23	1980-1989: Manchester Gay Centre annual reports; various publications regarding gay rights and equality	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M775/1/6
24	c1890-1999: Education Committee and department photographic portraits of various officers and councillors	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	M822
25	1900-1999: Building Control Department records	Manchester Archives and Local Studies
26	1897-1920: Parks and Cemetries Committee minute books	Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)	GB127.CouncilMinutes
27	1890-1989: Building Control Department records	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	GB127.M900
28	1839-1843: Manchester Borough Judicial Committee minutes	Manchester Archives and Local Studies
29	1903-1962: Styal Cottage Homes admission registers and registers of children [restricted access]	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	GB127.M66/84	See Annual Return 2014
30	1889-2010: rate books, personnel records, records rel to Lord Mayor's office and civic events, records rel to city engineers incl sewer plans and street maps, financial records, photographs of town hal	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	GB127.M9 GB127.M844 GB127.M480 GB127.M846 GB127.M845 GB127.M848 GB127.M847	See Annual Return 2015
31	1840s-1950s: plans of Manchester Town Hall and other buildings; records of the Town Clerks Department	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	GB127.M90; GB127.M847	See Annual Return 2016