This collection comprises the following minute books, departmental records, financial accounts, correspondence, building plans and photographs of the Borough of Barking and its predecessors, including the Barking Town Local Board and Barking Urban District Council (1882-1965), relating to the management of the council, public health and housing, highways and town planning, parks, cemeteries and public buildings, education, public libraries, lighting, civil defence, transport, finance, welfare and rates.
Council
Minute books of the Barking Local Town Board, 1882-1894 (BD2/A/1/1)
Committee minute books of the Barking Local Town Board, 1883-1895 (BD2/A/1/2)
Minute books of Barking Urban District Council, 1895-1931 (BD2/A/2/1)
Committee minute books of Barking Urban District Council, 1895-1931 (BD2/A/2/2)
Minute books of the Borough of Barking, 1931-1965(BD2/A/3)
Declarations and acceptance of office books of the Borough of Barking, 1931-1963 (BD2/A/4)
Public health and housing
Minute book of the Barking Town Local Board of Health, 1853-1866 (BD2/B/1/1)
Reports of the Ilford and Barking Joint Sewerage Committee, 1935-1969 (BD2/B/2/1)
General ledger of the Ilford and Barking Joint Sewerage Committee, 1956-1969 (BD2/B/2/2)
Infectious diseases registers of the Public Health Department, 1915-1951 (BD2/B/3/1)
Tuberculosis registers of notifications of the Public Health Department, 1916-1924 (BD2/B/3/2)
Death registers of the Public Health Department, 1936-1965 (BD2/B/3/3)
Research on diphtheria by the Public Health Department, 1958-1961 (BD2/B/3/4)
Photographs of the Public Health Department, circa.1930-1965 (BD2/B/3/5)
Correspondence and papers on housing of the working classes in Barking, 1901-1908 (BD2/B/4)
Correspondence and papers on temporary housing in Barking, 1898-1907 (BD2/B/5)
Correspondence and papers on sewerage and drainage in Barking, 1893-1905 (BD2/B/6)
Correspondence and papers on water supply in Barking, 1895-1901 (BD2/B/7)
File on the National (Coal Strike) Emergency, 1921 (BD2/B/8)
File on population rates in each ward of Barking Urban District Council, 1928 (BD2/B/9)
War damage and repairs ledgers of Borough of Barking, 1940-1945 (BD2/B/10)
Highways and town planning
Correspondence and papers on highways of the Borough of Barking, 1891-1905 (BD2/C/1)
Correspondence and papers on street improvements of the Borough of Barking, 1892-1909 (BD2/C/2)
Correspondence and papers on private street works of the Borough of Barking, 1905-1909 (BD2/C/3)
Correspondence and papers on the Town Wharf of Barking Urban District Council, 1897-1908 (BD2/C/4)
Parks, cemeteries and public buildings
Minute book of the Barking Burial Board, 1884-1897 (BD2/D/1/1)
Register of burials of the Barking Burial Board, 1886-1901 (BD2/D/1/2)
Notices of internment of the Barking Burial Board, 1886-1904 (BD2/D/1/3)
Reports of the Grounds Committee of the Barking Burial Board, 1893-1896 (BD2/D/1/4)
Correspondence and papers on Rippleside Cemetery, 1906-1908 (BD2/D/1/5)
Register of graves at St. Margaret's Churchyard, Barking, 1930 (BD2/D/2)
Correspondence and papers on allotments in Barking, 1908-1910 (BD2/D/3)
Education
Minute books of Barking School Board, 1889-1903 (BD2/E/1/1)
Committee minute books of Barking School Board, 1892-1903 (BD2/E/1/2)
Financial accounts of Barking School Board, 1886-1903 (BD2/E/1/3)
Registers of the Attendance Officer of Barking School Board, 1885-1897 (BD2/E/1/4)
Minute books of Barking Education Committee, 1903-1928 (BD2/E/2/1)
Minute books of Barking Education Sub-Committee, 1903-1922 (BD2/E/2/2)
Minute book of Barking Education Children's Care and Kitchen Committee, 1912-1920 (BD2/E/2/3)
Minute book of Barking Education Boot Committee, 1919-1927 (BD2/E/2/4)
Minute book of Barking Higher Education Committee, 1921-1924 (BD2/E/2/5)
Annual reports of the Barking Education Committee, 1934-1941 (BD2/E/2/6)
Correspondence of the Barking Education Committee, 1903-1958 (BD2/E/2/7)
Newspaper cuttings of Barking Education Committee, 1925-1941 (BD2/E/2/8)
Public libraries
Minute books of Barking Public Libraries Committee, 1888-1928 (BD2/F/1)
Minute books of Barking Public Libraries Sub-Committees, 1890-1894 (BD2/F/2)
Letter books of the Barking Public Libraries, 1889-1919 (BD2/F/3)
Issue books of Barking Public Libraries, 1900-1961 (BD2/F/4)
Junior issue books of Barking Public Libraries, 1924-1952 (BD2/F/5)
Accounts ledgers of Barking Public Libraries, 1889-1969 (BD2/F/6)
Statistics ledgers of Barking Public Libraries, 1956-1959 (BD2/F/7)
Lighting
Correspondence and papers on lighting of Barking Urban District Council, 1896-1906 (BD2/G/1)
Revenue accounts ledger on the installation and analysis of electricity, 1935-1966 (BD2/G/2)
Events
Correspondence on Peace Week, 1936-1937 (BD2/H/1)
File on the accession of King George VI, 1936 (BD2/H/2)
Files on the Coronation of King George VI, 1936-1938 (BD2/H/3)
File on entertainments in Barking, 1934-1940 (BD2/H/4)
File on the Anglo-Soviet Pact Anniversary Celebrations, 1943-1946 (BD2/H/5)
File on the V.E. Day Thanksgiving Service, 1945 (BD2/H/6)
Transport
Correspondence and papers on tramways of Barking Urban District Council, 1898-1902 (BD2/J/1)
Files on light railways in Barking, 1896-1908 (BD2/J/2)
Files on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Bill, 1902-1908 (BD2/J/3)
Petition on the nuisance caused by motor car and bus traffic signed by the residents of Rippleside,1908 (BD2/J/4)
Correspondence with the Kearney Society, 1924 (BD2/J/5)
Finance
General ledgers of the Borough of Barking, 1935-1965 (BD2/K/1)
Rating and valuation
Reports of the Rating and Valuation Committee, 1942-1950 (BD2/L/1)
General and poor rate books for Barking, 1921-1933 (BD2/L/2-3)
General rate demand summary books for Barking, 1934-1964 (BD2/L/4)
Valuation lists of the Borough of Barking, 1930-1965 (BD2/L/5)
Loans ledgers of the Borough of Barking, 1939-1965 (BD2/L/6)
Welfare
Minute book of the Distress Committee of Barking Urban District Council, 1908-1924 (BD2/M/1)
Minute book of the Old Age Pensions Committee of the Borough of Barking, 1923-1934 (BD2/M/2)
Borough of Barking