Catalogue description COOKHAM RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL

Records of Cookham Rural District Council

CLERK'S DEPARTMENT

COUNCIL MINUTES: Council 1895-1968 (24 vols); council and all committees, 1968-1974 (10 vols); index (M-Z only) to RDC minutes 1968-1974 (1 vol)

COMMITTEE MINUTES: Commons C., 1899-1909 (1 vol), Finance C., 1901-1938, Finance and General Purposes C. 1938-1968 (10 vols); Highways and General Purposes C.,1908-1910, Roads C.,1910-1930 2 vols); Health and Sanitary C.,1910-1934, Special Sanitary C. for Bray and Cookham, 1921-1939, (3 vols); Plans C., 1914-1934 (2 vols) Housing C., 1919-1934, Health and Housing C., 1934-1968 (15 vols); Rating and Valuation C., 1926-1950, Rating C., 1950-1967, Civil Defence C., 1949-1965 (7 vols); Town Planning C., 1929-1934, Plans and Town Planning C., 1934-1968 (14 vols); General Purposes C., 1929-1938, including Air Raid Precautions Sub-C., 1938-1939 (1 vol); Economies C.,1931, Rights of Way C., 1934-1939 (1 vol); Electric Lines, Cables, etc.C., 1931-1934 (1 vol); Special Drainage C., 1937-1938 (1 vol); Fire Protection C., 1938-1942, Miscellaneous Cs., 1941-1956 (2 vols); Staffing C., 1941-1967, Executive and Staffing C., 1967-1968 (3 vols); Main Drainage C., 1946-1963 (1 vol); Emergency C., 1950, Law C., 1962-1963 (1 vol); Public Works C., 1963-1964 (1 vol); Public Health C., 1964-1968 (1 vol)

MISCELLANEOUS: Model Standing Orders for Boards of Guardians, 1900 (1 pamphlet); plans of Beenham Farm House, nd. [?18th c.], (1 doc)

TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT

Rating and valuation records: rate books, 1896-1955 (24 vols); valuation Lists, 1872-1933 (6 vols, 1 bdl); ledger, 1927-1932 (1 vol)

Classification Scheme for Clerk's Department Records

Ca Council minutes and agendas

Cb Committee minutes and agendas

Cc Reports of Chief Officers to Council and Committee

Cd Miscellaneous Council and Committee Papers

Ce Byelaws, licences and statutory notices

Cf Records relating to financial matters

Ch Records relating to housing matters

Cp Records relating to planning matters

Cr Registers (miscellaneous)

Ct Title deeds and property records

Cz Miscellaneous records

Cookham Rural District Council

Records containing personal information about named individuals are closed for a period of 50 years from the last entry in the record.

Records in this collection subject to 50-year closure are

Minutes of the Finance and General Purposes Committee, 1946-1959 (during which period they contain also minutes of the Staffing sub-committee).

Minutes of the Housing Committee.

Minutes of the Staff Committee.

Records naming individuals but containing less personal information are closed for a period of 30 years from the last entry in the record.

Records in this collection subject to 30-year closure are Rating and valuation records

Schedule of Accessions

Acc. 1891 : RD/C/Ca1/1-23

RD/C/Cb1/1; 2/1-10; 3/1,2; 4/1-3; 5/1,2; 6/1-15; 7/1-7; 8/1-14; 9/1; 10/1; 11/1; 12/1; 13/1,2; 14/1-3; 15/1; 16/1; 17/; 18/1

RD/C/Cz1/1; 2/1

Acc. 1924 : RD/C/FR1/1-16; 2/1-4; 3/1-11; 4/1

Acc. 3655 : RD/C/Ca1/24-35; 2/1

• Cookham, Berkshire
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