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Maesteg Urban District Council records
Reference code(s): GB 0214 UDM
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Title: Maesteg Urban District Council records
Short title: Maesteg Urban District Council records
Dates of creation: 1859-1974
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: 1.68 cubic metres
Name of creator(s): Maesteg Urban District Council
CONTEXT
Administrative and biographical history: Maesteg Urban District Council (Glamorgan) was formed in 1894, following the Local Government England and Wales Act. It took over the functions of Maesteg (Cwmdu) Local Board of Health. The Council's area of responsibility was the parishes of Cwmdu and Higher Llangynwyd. The surveyor's department accunmulated earlier planning applicatiosn and bye-laws. The Urban District Council ceased to exist on 31 March 1974, and was merged with the Urban Districts of Bridgend, Porthcawl, Ogmore and Garw and Penybont Rural District to form Ogwr (later Bridgend) Borough Council (1974-1996).
CONTENT
Scope and content: Records of the Maesteg Urban District Council, 1859-1974, includes: council and committee minutes, 1897-1974; public health inspector and medical officer of health, annual reports, 1966-1967; and surveyors department, planning applications and bye-laws, 1859-1945.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/script: English
System of arrangement: Arranged by type and date.
Conditions governing access: Items containing information on named individuals may be restricted in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Record Office policy. These records are stored in an outside repository. They should be ordered at least a week in advance of an intended visit so that they can be brought into the Record Office for consultation in the search room.
Conditions governing reproduction: Normal Glamorgan Record Office conditions apply.
Finding aids: A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the Glamorgan Record Office.
Detailed catalogue
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records which meet the collection policy of the Glamorgan Record Office have been retained.
Accruals: Accruals are not expected.
Immediate source of acquisition: Transferred by the Maesteg Urban District Council at various intervals.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related units of description: Related records are: Glamorgan Record Office, LBCW, Cwmdu (Maesteg) Local Board of Health; UDM, Bridgend Urban District Council; UDOG, Ogmore and Garw Urban District Council; RDPB, Penybont Rural District Council; UDPC, Porthcawl Urban District Council; and DCOG, Ogwr Borough Council.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds. The archive contains some earlier materials accumulated by the Council.
Archivist's note: Compiled by Hayden Burns for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Glamorgan Record Office, Catalogue of records for the Maesteg Urban District Council; Riden, Philip, Records Sources for Local History, (London, 1987).
Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH.
Date(s) of description: October 2003
INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Local government | Wales | Maesteg (Bridgend)
Maesteg (Wales) | Urban District Council | Archives
Personal names
Corporate names
Maesteg (Wales) | Urban District Council
