Photograph: Members and [Officers] outside the front door of Shirehall, Glanhwfa Rd., Llangefni

PHOTOGRAPH: Members and [Officers] outside the front door of Shirehall, Glanhwfa Rd., Llangefni. [Anglesey County Council].

Formed under the Local Government Act 1888, the County Council took over many administrative duties of the Court of Quarter Sessions, such as responsibility for roads, bridges, county rates, county buildings, the police force, and licensing. In 1889, the administrative and welfare responsibilities were transferred to the first elected county council (56 members). Further responsibilities in secondary education, technical education and agriculture were added. The Council was relocated from Beaumaris to the new shire hall in Llangefni. The County Council, unusually, was also the Water Authority for the island, 1933 - 1966, and maintained much of its responsibility for health provision after the National Health Service was established in 1948. Anglesey was amalgamated with Caernarfon and Meirionnydd to create the new Gwynedd county council in 1974, as part of the restructuring of local government and a response to the growth in decentralised administration following the establishment of the Welsh Office in 1964.

Dim cyfyngiadau / No Restrictions

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Os gwelwch yn dda archebwch y dogfenau gan ddefnyddio y rhif cyfeirnod amgen (lle ddarperidd) / Please order documents using the alternative reference number (where provided)

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Ynys Môn ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Ynys Môn yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen./Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Compiled by Sioned Copeland for Anglesey Archives

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Swyddfa Gofnodi Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn wedi eu cadw /All records which meet the collection policy of the Anglesey Archives have been retained.

Mae croniadau yn bosibl/Accruals are possible