Gwent Record Office

Newport County Borough Council Records

Reference code(s): GB 0218 A110

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Title: Newport County Borough Council Records

Short title: Newport County Borough Council, records

Dates of creation: 1892-1974

Level of description: Fonds

Extent and medium: To be supplied

Name of creator(s): Newport County Borough Council

CONTEXT

Administrative and biographical history: The Borough of Newport, Monmouthshire, became a County Borough in 1892 under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1888. County Boroughs were towns with a population of over 50,000, which were administratively independent from the surrounding counties. Newport County Borough Council retained the functions of the former Borough Council, including health, education, sanitation and the Poor Law, but additionally assumed the Local Government functions previously exercised by Monmouthshire County Council. The County Borough Council retained the structure of the Borough Council, being an elected body made up of a mayor, aldermen and councillors. Their work was divided among a number of committees. The Council also employed officers such as a Clerk and a Treasurer, Medical Officer of Health, Sanitary Inspector and Surveyor, together with their departmental staff. Following local government reorganisation in 1974, Newport County Borough (then with a population of 108,000) was abolished, with its functions being divided between the new Newport Borough Council and Gwent County Council.

CONTENT

Scope and content: Records of Newport County Borough Council, 1892-1974.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/script: English

System of arrangement: No information found

Conditions governing access: No restrictions

Conditions governing reproduction: Usual copyright regulations apply

Finding aids: Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Gwent Record Office.
Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records have been retained

Accruals: Accruals are not expected

Immediate source of acquisition: No information found

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Gwent Record Office, Newport County Borough Council, catalogue; Jackson, W. Eric, The Structure of Local Government in England and Wales (London: Longmans, 1949); Davis, Haydn, The History of the Borough of Newport: from swamp to super-town (Newport, 1998); A Vision of Britain Through Time website (www.visionofbritain.org.uk), viewed 23 September 2005.

Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH

Date(s) of description: September 2005

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects

Local government | Wales | Newport

Newport (Wales). | County Borough Council | Archives

Personal names

Corporate names

Newport (Wales) | County Borough Council

Places

Newport