Birkenhead County Borough

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The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Alternative name(s):	Birkenhead Corporation (Formerly known as)
Date:	1800-2000
Places:	Birkenhead, Cheshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > Boroughs, improvement commissions, town councils
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C24076 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O41211 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	19th - 20th cent: Acts, records rel to incorporation, town planning records, slum clearance, Poor Law Union, property, docks, ferries, boundaries, licenses, electricity, elections, mayors, cemeteries, histories, reference books, handbooks, year books, newspaper cuttings	Wirral Archives	2146, 2155, 2158, 2159, 2160, 2161, 2162, 2163, 2164, 2165, 2166, 2167, 2169, 2170, 2171, 2173
2	1866-1948: education committee minutes and railway acts	Wirral Archives	1955	See Annual Return 2011
3	1899-1957: minutes and reports of the vigilance committee	Wirral Archives	B	NRA 16010 Birkenhead boro
4	1907-1927: plans and sections of the Birkenhead entrance of the Mersey Tunnel and the Alwen Reservoir	Wirral Archives	2132
5	early 20th cent: records rel to Alwen Reservoir	Wirral Archives	2172
6	20th cent: records rel to Birkenhead Tunnel (Queensway) and Wallasey Tunnel (Kingsway)	Wirral Archives	2156, 2157	See Annual Return 2014
7	1940-1942: records rel to Second World War	Wirral Archives	2168	See Annual Return 2014
8	1884-1974: council summonses	Wirral Archives	2176	See Annual Return 2015
9	1880-1974: council and corporation minutes and proceedings	Wirral Archives	2180-2182	See Annual Return 2015
10	1939-1945: book of remembrance and roll of honour	Wirral Archives	2290	See Annual Return 2016