Collection GB 0347 WDBW - Wandsworth District Board of Works

687 files

GB 0347 WDBW 1855-1900 Collection 687 files

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The Wandsworth District Board of Works was formed in 1855 under the Metropolis Local Government Act. The Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) was the governing administrative body that the individual Districts reported to. The MBW was replaced by the London County Council in 1889. The Wandsworth District Board of Works was replaced in 1900 by the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth. Battersea was included in the Wandsworth District until 1887 when it opted out owing to the rapid increase of its population and was reconstituted as a Metropolitan Vestry. The parishes of Clapham and Streatham were also included in the Wandsworth District. The responsibilities of the Wandsworth District Board of Works were mostly focussed on the maintenance of roadways and public lighting, new buildings, public transport, efficient sewerage, the prevention of contagious diseases and public health.

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The collection consists of administrative papers of the Wandsworth District Board of Works. These include several duplicate runs of Minutes of Proceedings for the Board's meetings, as well as minutes of the Finance Committee. There are also Annual Reports and Reports of the Sanitary Inspector. The bulk of the collection is made up of agendas and supporting papers collected to be used at the Board's fortnightly meetings. These papers include letters of complaint and petitions from the public, planning approvals and refusals for new buildings, roads and sewers, correspondence from other Vestries, copies of Accounts, lists of Board members, copies of Reports from Board Inspectors, copies of Bills of Parliament and many other administrative papers. There are numerous papers regarding the expansion of the railways and the introduction and expansion of the tramways.

The original system of arrangement has been maintained.

This material is only available in the Wandsworth Heritage Service search room at Battersea Library. Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information.

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English

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D72 Records of the Proprietors of Battersea Bridge.

Finding aid created by export from CALM v8.0.2.40 Archives Hub EAD2002. Entry amended by Barbara Ball.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. April 2011 Railways Sanitation Planning authorities Wandsworth District Board of Works Wandsworth Transport infrastructure Environmental engineering Local authorities London Local government England Public administration UK Government Western Europe Europe

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The collection consists of administrative papers of the Wandsworth District Board of Works. These include several duplicate runs of Minutes of Proceedings for the Board's meetings, as well as minutes of the Finance Committee. There are also Annual Reports and Reports of the Sanitary Inspector. The bulk of the collection is made up of agendas and supporting papers collected to be used at the Board's fortnightly meetings. These papers include letters of complaint and petitions from the public, planning approvals and refusals for new buildings, roads and sewers, correspondence from other Vestries, copies of Accounts, lists of Board members, copies of Reports from Board Inspectors, copies of Bills of Parliament and many other administrative papers. There are numerous papers regarding the expansion of the railways and the introduction and expansion of the tramways.

The original system of arrangement has been maintained.

This material is only available in the Wandsworth Heritage Service search room at Battersea Library. Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

• English

• Latin

English

D72 Records of the Proprietors of Battersea Bridge.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

• English