| Located At | Staffordshire Record Office |
| Level | Collection |
| Doc Ref No | D1448, D3227, D4627/C, D4643, D5454/3, D6166/3, D6235/3 |
| Title | Records of Biddulph Urban District Council |
| Administrative History | Biddulph Urban District Council was created in 1894 with the Local Government Act 1894. Its area of jurisdiction consisted of Biddulph. Biddulph Urban District was abolished in 1974 with the Local Government Act of 1974, when it was merged with Cheadle Rural District, Leek Rural and Urban Districts to form Staffordshire Moorlands District Council.
As a public body the functions of Biddulph Urban District Council were; sanitation; public health; town planning; education and housing. These functions were carried out by the following committees; Highways Committee; Sanitary Committee; Water Committee; Finance Committee; New Streets and Buildings Committee; Household Fuel and Lighting Committee; Housing Committee; Valuation Committee; Salvage Committee and Gas Committee. |
| Arrangement | Records relating to Biddulph Urban District Council are catalogued under the following reference numbers: D1448, D3227, D4627, D4643, D5454, D6235 and D6166. |
| Date | 1898-1974 |
| Description | This collection of records includes council minute books, 1898-1959 [lacking 1900-1903] and minutes of committee meetings for various dates. There is a strong section of Treasurer's records, including a series of general ledgers, 1936-1974, and rating valuation lists, c.1934-1965. The Surveyor's section of records is small but contains registers of plans submitted, 1943-1965. There is a good series of Medical Officer's of Health reports, 1907-1972, but these are the only records in this section.
The main collection of Clerk's papers has the reference D1448, an additional series of minutes with the reference D3227, rating records D4627/C, building control and planning registers D4643/1, financial records D5454/3, Medical Officer for Health reports D6166/3, and housing registers D6235/3. |
| Copyright | Any questions concerning the publication of images of documents in this collection should be directed to the County Archivist, Staffordshire Record Office, Eastgate Street, Stafford ST16 2 LZ. |