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BOLTON COUNTY BOROUGH RECORDS


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Reference AB
Covering dates 1838-1974
Held by Bolton Archive and Local Studies Service
Extent 52 Sub fonds
Creators Bolton Borough Council; Bolton County Borough Council
Related information Records of other local authorities which exercised administrative powers within the former County Borough area are available; these include the following:
Bolton Board of Guardians, 1837 - 1930. List GBO
Bolton Rural Sanitary Authority later Rural District Council, 1872 - 1898. List AR
Astley Bridge Local Board of Health later Urban District Council, 1864 - 1898. List AS
Bolton School Board, 1870 - 1903. List SBB
Heaton School Board, 1883 - 1898. List SBHe
Turton & Entwistle Reservoir Commissioners, 1831 - 1863. List UWT
Bolton Gas Company, 1818 - 1872. List UGB
Great Bolton Improvement Trustees, 1792 - 1850. List TGB
Little Bolton Improvement Trustees, 1816 - 1850. List TLB
Township Records, including Great Bolton, Little Bolton, Halliwell, Middle Hulton, Lostock, etc., various dates. List P
Several series of family and business records also contain a considerable amount of material relating to the administration of the Borough; most notable are:
Heywood Papers - correspondence of Robert Heywood, councillor & alderman of Bolton, Mayor 1839-1840, 1800-1868. List ZHE
Albinson Collection - maps & plans of John Albinson of Bolton, relating to improvement schemes, enclosure, water supply, road construction, etc., 1780 - 1850. List ZAL
Thompson Collection - maps, plans, estate papers, etc., formerly preserved amongst the archives of Messrs Joseph Jackson & Sons, land agents & surveyors of Bolton, 1800 - 1900. List ZJA


Administrative history:
The Borough of Bolton, which then consisted of the Townships of Great Bolton, Little Bolton part, and the Haulgh district of Tonge-with-Haulgh, was incorporated in 1838, under the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835. It was extended in 1872, when part of Rumworth Township was added, and again in 1877, by the addition of part of Halliwell. The Bolton, Turton, and Westhoughton Extension Act of 1898 enabled the Borough to expand still further, to include most of the surrounding rural and suburban areas. Under the Local Government Act of 1972, Bolton County Borough became a constituent part of Bolton Metropolitan Borough in Greater Manchester County, with effect from 1st April 1974


Contents:
This collection contains miscellaneous committee and sub-committee minutes books, and abstracts of proceedings


Expand   BOLTON BOROUGH COUNCIL  AB/1  [n.d.]
Expand   CLEANSING & SEWAGE COMMITTEE  AB/2  [n.d.]
Expand   DISTRICT COMMITTEE MINUTE BOOKS  AB/3  [n.d.]
Expand   EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE AND SUB-COMMITTEE MINUTE BOOKS  AB/4  [n.d.]
Expand   ELECTRICITY COMMITTEE  AB/5  [n.d.]
Expand   FINANCE, JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND ESTATES COMMITTEES  AB/6  [n.d.]
Expand   GAS COMMITTEE  AB/7  [n.d.]
Expand   GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE  AB/8  [n.d.]
Expand   HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING COMMITTEE  AB/9  [n.d.]
Expand   LIBRARIES COMMITTEE  AB/10  [n.d.]
Expand   LIGHTING COMMITTEE  AB/11  [n.d.]
Expand   MARKETS COMMITTEE  AB/12  [n.d.]
Expand   PARKS COMMITTEE  AB/13  [n.d.]
Expand   PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE  AB/14  [n.d.]
Expand   PRIVATE WORKS COMMITTEE  AB/15  [n.d.]
Expand   PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE  AB/16  [n.d.]
Expand   REMISSION OF RATES COMMITTEE  AB/17  [n.d.]
Expand   SEWAGE COMMITTEE  AB/18  [n.d.]
Expand   SMALLHOLDINGS AND ALLOTMENTS COMMITTEE  AB/19  [n.d.]
Expand   STREETS COMMITTEE  AB/20  [n.d.]
Expand   STATIONERY COMMITTEE  AB/21  [n.d.]
Expand   TOWNHALL COMMITTEE  AB/22  [n.d.]
Expand   TRAMWAYS COMMITTEE  AB/23  [n.d.]
Expand   WATCH COMMITTEE  AB/24  [n.d.]
Expand   WATERWORKS COMMITTEE  AB/25  [n.d.]
Expand   PUBLIC ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE  AB/26  [n.d.]
Expand   BOLTON AND DISTRICT REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE  AB/27  [n.d.]
Expand   PLANNING AND ESTATES COMMITTEE  AB/28  [n.d.]
Expand   CLOTHING COMMITTEE  AB/29  [n.d.]
Expand   ENTERTAINMENTS COMMITTEE  AB/30  [n.d.]
Expand   WAR TIME NURSERIES COMMITTEE  AB/31  [n.d.]
Expand   CHILDRENS COMMITTEE  AB/32  [n.d.]
Expand   CIVIC RESTAURANTS COMMITTEE  AB/33  [n.d.]
Expand   EMERGENCY COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL DEFENCE  AB/34  [n.d.]
Expand   ESTABLISHMENT COMMITTEE  AB/35  [n.d.]
Expand   BILLETING ADVISORY COMMITTEE  AB/36  [n.d.]
Expand   INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  AB/37  [n.d.]
Expand   NATIONAL REGISTRATION & WAR CHARITIES COMMITTEE  AB/38  [n.d.]
Expand   [no title or date]  AB/39
Expand   BOROUGH EXTENSION COMMITTEE  AB/40  [n.d.]
Expand   AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE  AB/41  [n.d.]
Expand   ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO LOCAL FUEL OVERSEER  AB/42  [n.d.]
Expand   RATING AND VALUATION COMMITTEE  AB/43  [n.d.]
Expand   ARTS COMMITTEE  AB/44  [n.d.]
Expand   BUILDING WORKS COMMITTEE  AB/45  [n.d.]
Expand   ESTATES COMMITTEE  AB/46  [n.d.]
Expand   POLICY COMMITTEE  AB/47  [n.d.]
Expand   RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE  AB/48  [n.d.]
Expand   ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE  AB/49  [n.d.]
Expand   CENTRAL GARAGE COMMITTEE  AB/50  [n.d.]
Expand   ROYAL COMMISSION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT: SPECIAL COMMITTEE  AB/51  [n.d.]
Expand   LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1894 COMMITTEE  AB/52  [n.d.]


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