Huddersfield 150 Relevant Sources Available at the Huddersfield Local Studies Library

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1 150 Relevant Sources Available at the Local Studies Library COUNTY BOROUGH PUBLICATIONS (date order) Author/Type of Source Corporation of Corporation of (W. H. Jessop, R. S. Dugdale, J. Spottiswoode Cameron Item title Pub. date Class No. Location Abstract of Accounts, Borough Fund for the Year 1869 B 352 Carrel 4 Ending 31 August 1869 Charter of Incorporation 1868 B 352 Enclosure Borough of Corporation Waterworks: scale of charges to operate as from 1 st October 1917 for water supplied without the Borough Undated B Shelves Year Book of General and Useful Information for the B 352 Enclosure onwards photos of Mayors included Use of the Town Council 1974 Minutes of Council (Reprinted from the ; Examiner) Council Proceedings Enclosure 1974 Report on the Purification & Disposal of Sewage by 1888 B 628 Shelves Includes an original plan the Sanitary Special Sub-Committee with Information on the Subject from Other Towns Official Handbook of Her Majesty s Diamond Jubilee Celebration June 22nd B 900 Shelves Includes information about early days of the Borough and its prominent people Market Hall Jubilee 1930 BC 725 Shelves Dinner, Silver Jubilee celebration of the acquisition of 1946 B 352 Enclosure the Ramsden Estate 14 March 1946 History of undertaking : 70 years of 1952 B 656 Shelves operation Centenary Concerts (Programme) 1968 (Sep) Ephemera Souvenir Programme of the Centenary Concerts at 120/2/1/4 the Town Hall - Young Artists of 1968 (Oct) Ephemera Promise (Programme) 120/2/1/3 Notes 1

2 1868/9-1968/9: Hundred (100) Years Growth 1968 B 352 Shelves 120/2/2) Centenary Civics Exhibition: a century of progress B 352 Shelves 120/2/1) 1968 B Enclosure Centenary Celebrations, 22 nd June 1968: programme of events Centenary Pageant, Ephemera 120/2 Luncheon in Town Hall, Monday 8 July 1968 visit of Princess Alexandra: menu At Your Service: One Hundred Years of the Corporation 1968 B 352 Shelves 1968 B 352 Shelves 120/2/3) Comparison of population, Council budgets and rates between the two dates with timeline Introduction to the exhibition, plan of stands, list of films showing plus welcoming letter from Mayor with plan Typescript instructions for participants in the pageant; List of contact persons (name and numbers), summary of arrangements and instructions, plan showing order of pageant, route) Multiple copies (booklet) Centenary Celebrations 1968: Programme of Events 1968 A 080 Carrel 4 120/2/1/1) Local Pamphlets Farewell dinner: Town Hall, 11 th 1973 B 352 Shelves December 1973 Ninety years of operation: B 656 Shelves Passenger Transport Department 2

3 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (alphabetical order by author s surname) Author/Type of Item title Pub. Class No. Location Notes Source date Balmforth, Owen Jubilee History of the Corporation of 1868 to B 352 Shelves Also available online at Exposed Borough Police Office Second Annual Report of Borough Police Office, 1876 B Carrel 4 (with criminal and statistical returns) Brook, Roy The Story of with a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson; The Charter of Incorporation, pp ; The Early Achievements of the Borough Council, pp ; Education from its Beginnings to the School Board, pp B 900 Shelves Donelly, George Municipal Incorporation of, Report of the Proceedings at the Public Inquiry held at the George Hotel,, on November 18 th & 19 th, B 352 Shelves Grainge, William Hanson, John H. The Poets and Poetry of Yorkshire Comprising Biographical Notices of the Most Eminent Poets, Natives of the County of York With Extracts from their Writings, from the Earliest Times to the Present, Volume I The Wessenden Reservoir Act together with selected clauses from the Canal & Water Acts Plan of Wessenden Reservoir Shewing Gauges at Swellands Redbrook and March Haigh Reservoirs Enclosure KPW Enclosure A fold out plan at the back Hobkirk, Charles : Its history and natural history, 2 nd Edition 1868 B 900 Shelves First edition 1859; Available online at Exposed School Board Report on the Educational Condition of the Borough of with Proposals to meet the Deficiency in Accommodation by Denominational and School Board Schools, B 370 Shelves Labour and Socialist Election Committee Can Do Its Own Work? Is the Contractor better than the Corporation? 1911 B 352 Enclosure Jones, Owen The Grammar of Ornament, HU REF Storage Local Pamphlets Catalogue of the Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, Mechanics Hall, Lindley, Carrel 4 Volume 11 3

4 Local Pamphlets Subscription Library Supplementary Catalogue of Carrel 4 Volume 16 Books, Ordnance Survey Water Carrel 1 OS Map Stephenson, Clifford The Ramsdens and their Estate in : The Town that 1972 B 900 Enclosure Multiple copies bought itself, The Story of a 400 dynasty and of the purchase of their lands and property by the People Sykes, D. F. E. and its Vicinity, Chapter XVII 1898 B 900 Shelves Municipal government, Incorporation, 1 st Council, Population and rateable value of the Borough, The Mayors of, Honorary Freemen Unknown Bye-laws and Regulations as to streets and buildings made by the 1926 B 346 Enclosure Brown A5 envelope Council of the Borough of, under the powers of The Improvement Act 1871 Unknown Scheme for the Regulation and Management of the Charity of 1866 B 361 Enclosure Thomas Armytage in the Parish of in the County of York Unknown Local Acts, [The Improvement Act 1871; B 348 Shelves The Water Act 1869; The Waterworks Act 1871] 1894 Unknown A Statement of the Accounts of the Union B 360 Enclosure Unknown The Tramways Act B 348 Shelves Unknown White s Clothing District Directory B 650 Shelves Unknown Whitehead's Map of the Municipal Borough of 1879 B 912 Enclosure Unknown Directory and Year Book B 650 Shelves Unknown Directory and Year Book B 650 Shelves Unknown Borough Coat of Arms Past Enquiries Cabinet Photographic and textual material related to the Borough Coat Arms 4

5 NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES (date order) TITLE HEADLINE/DESCRIPTION DATE LOCATION NOTES Yorkshire Post The Incorporation Movement at 19/12/1867 Past Enquiries, Incorporation Act, B Illustrated Illustrated Magazine Enclosure B 070 Magazine 1870 Observer CB Incorporation 28/08/1869 Ephemera Letters regarding expense Holmfirth Express CB Incorporation 04/09/1869, Microfilm Leader comment 11/09/1869 Chronicle Borough Commission of the Peace Granted 05/02/1870 Microfilm Chronicle List of members of Borough Commission of 04/06/1870 microfilm the Peace London Illustrated News Unveiling of statue of Sir R Peel 1873 Enclosure B London Borough Civic Oasis in 1896 Enclosure B 352 (Fragile) Yorkshire Daily Examiner A Parliamentary Borough for A Hundred Years: First Local Election Recalled 08/08/1925 Cuttings Book No. 5 (B 900) in Carrel 4 pp. 23 Bay 13 Yorkshire Observer Diamond Jubilee: Sixty years as a Borough: Sixty years as a Borough 6/7/1928 Carrel 4 (A3 bound volume) Also in carrel 1 in a brown A4 envelope in a drawer with all the acts (Poor condition) Examiner Diamond Jubilee: (special supplement) 22/9/1928 Carrel 1 In a brown A4 envelope in a drawer with all the acts (poor condition Newspaper Cuttings s Diamond Jubilee as Corporate Borough: Pioneer Work in Civic Enterprises 1928? Carrel 4, Bay 13, Cuttings Book No. 5 (B 900), p. 35 Daily Examiner s 70 th Birthday as a Borough: An 07/07/1938 Enclosure B 352 Era of Rapid Progress and Achievement Daily Examiner Borough Council s 80 th anniversary 10/07/1948 Microfilm Daily Examiner Council: Borough council's 80th anniversary 11/09/1948 Microfilm Holmfirth Express Corporation: Plan to film 20/10/1948 Microfilm municipal activities Daily Examiner 9.1 Persons to Every Acre of the Borough 24/08/1954 Report on the 1951 Census Daily Examiner Mayor Making 21/05/1959, p. 10; 22/05/1959, p. 5 Microfilm 5

6 Daily Examiner Daily Examiner, Stanley Chadwick Town Council to Hold Expansion of Borough Talks Stanley Chadwick s Articles on the Incorporation of the Borough 04/04/1967 Microfilm Daily Examiner Prime Minister is Made a Freeman of the Borough Daily Examiner Six More Borough Freemen? 20/05/1968 Microfilm 1968 Microfilm 12/01/ /02/ /02/ /02/ /02/ /03/ /03/ /03/1968 Microfilm Examiner Borough Centenary supplement /07/1968 Ephemera Ref No 120/4; Also in Carrel 1 in a brown A4 envelope in a drawer with all the acts (poor condition) Daily Examiner Corporation co-operation: Behind the scenes in administration, health, libraries and water Copy of Borough Charter on front page. variety of articles detailing many aspects of the Borough's development over 100 years (fragile) 20/10/2010 Microfilm Photographs of Borough facilites in the 1950s. Eight page supplement 6

7 PHOTOGRAPHS (date order) DESCRIPTION DATE LOCATION Vagrant Office 1860s Photograph Cabinet Houses in New North Road 1863 Photograph Cabinet Westgate Cherry Tree Hotel & Plough Inn 1868 Photograph Cabinet Westgate showing buildings demolished to make way for Byram Arcade 1868 Photograph Cabinet Westgate - Ye Olde Cherrie Tree 1868 Photograph Cabinet Buildings at the Corner of King Street & Victoria Lane (taken down in 1868 Photograph Cabinet 1878) Photos (positives) of Mayors on glass plates, including the 1868 Carrel 1 (extremely fragile) first Mayor Charles Henry Jones 1942 Looking up Westgate site of the Byram Arcade 1869 Photograph Cabinet Railway Street, Estate Buildings Under Construction 1869 Photograph Cabinet Westgate, New Estate Buildings Under Construction 1869 Photograph Cabinet Aspley new bridge (multiple items) 186-/7- Photograph Cabinet St. George s Square, Britannia Buildings 1870s Photograph Cabinet Railway Street and Estate Buildings 1870s Photograph Cabinet Kirkgate, Swan Yard 1870s Photograph Cabinet Turnbridge at Bottom of Quay Street 1870s Photograph Cabinet Railway Station 1874 Photograph Cabinet The New Post Office 1874 Photograph Cabinet Some Views of New Wateworks and the Surrounding Neighbourhood Card presented to each school child in commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of the Incorporation 1879 Carrel 4, Sykes Collection; Photographed by Henry George Churchill in possession of Councillor Marriott 1918 Photograph Cabinet; Also in enclosure under B 352 titled as commemorative plaque Country Borough of Certificate of Freedom (multiple items) 1918 Photograph Cabinet Freedom Casket 1918 Photograph Cabinet Borough Coat of Arms, Civic Centre 1960s Photograph Cabinet Borough Centenary Pageant (100+ photos of the event) 1968 Photograph Cabinet Incorporation Charter 1968 Photograph Cabinet Last updated 30 August