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Llangynwyd Burial Board records
Reference code(s): GB 0214 BUBLLA
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Title: Llangynwyd Burial Board records
Short title: Llangynwyd Burial Board records
Dates of creation: 1874-1906
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: 0.15 cubic metres (4 volumes and 6 boxes)
Name of creator(s): Llangynwyd Burial Board
CONTEXT
Administrative and biographical history: The Llangynwyd Burial Board (Glamorgan) was formally constituted in 1874, but it was not until 1883 that the Board opened a cemetery, situated in Maesteg, Glamorgan. Under the Local Government Act 1894, the extensive area covered by the Llangynwyd Burial Board was divided, for local government purposes, into Maesteg Urban District Council, Llangynwyd Middle Parish Council, and Llangynwyd Lower Parish Council; a small part also lay in Glyncorrwg Urban District Council. The Board was dissolved by the Local Government Board in November 1895, and reconstituted in June 1896, as a joint committee with representatives of each of these authorities. The Burial Board was taken over by Maesteg Urban District Council in July 1951.
CONTENT
Scope and content: Records of the Llangynwyd Burial Board, 1874-1906: minutes, 1874-1904; cash book, 1883-1906; register of fees, 1883-1904; and receipts of grants of grave space, 1886-1892.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/script: English
System of arrangement: Arranged in chronological order.
Conditions governing access: No restrictions. 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.
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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.
Archival history: The records appear to have passed into the custody of Maesteg Urban District Council.
Immediate source of acquisition: Deposited by Maesteg Urban District Council on 31 October 1952.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related units of description: Related material is Glamorgan Record Office, UDM/3-10, Minutes of Maesteg Urban District Council, 1903-1927. Burial registers for Maesteg Cemetery are held by the Burials Officer, Bridgend County Borough Council, Civic Offices, Angel Street, Bridgend CF31 1LX.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds.
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 Llangynwyd Burial Board; Riden, Philip, Records Sources for Local History, (London, 1987); Stephens, W.B., Sources for English Local History, (Cambridge, 1981).
Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH.
Date(s) of description: October 2003
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Llangynwyd Burial Board | Archives
