SPECIAL COMMITTEES

This material is held atOxfordshire History Centre

  • Reference
    • GB 160 OCA1/100
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1900-1960

Scope and Content

occasional ad hoc committees set up for specific functions many later becoming standing committees [asterisked see main committee headings for further minutes] see main series of council minutes and committee reports for committees pre-1900

the following is a complete list of committees in OCA1/100/A1/1-8:

[PLEASE USE COVERING DATES TO IDENTIFY THE CORRECT VOLUMES e.g. Headington/Special Drainage 31/12/00-15/12/10 is in OCA1/100/A1/1-2]

1. [Building] Bylaws [enforcement of Public Health Acts and building regulations] [27/11/00]-28/9/22 [see Oxford Local Board Bylaws Committee for earlier minutes] [see also General Purposes and Plans Committees for building applications]

2. Housing of the Working Classes* [27/11/00]-19/5/03

3. Carfax Tower [27/11/00]

4. Headington/Special Drainage 31/12/00-15/12/10

5. Officials Salaries 18/2/01

6. Playgrounds [and Bathing Places]* [16/2/01]-9/3/14 [renamed 14/2/12]

7. Technical School 7/10/01-24/11/02

8. Seats on Highways [18/10/01]-9/9/02

9. Appointment of Medical Officer 13/2/02-6/3/02

10. Coronation 24/2/02

11. High School 24/2/02

12. Volunteer Drill Hall 26/11/02-17/11/03

13. Education* [Education Act 1902] 12/2/03-4/5/03

14. Tramways 25/3/03-12/10/14 [Oxford & District Tramways Bill 1914 transferred the tramways to the city corporation]

15. City Accountants Salary 15/1/04-22/1/04

16. [Prevention of] Floods 22/10/03-11/12/08

17. Shop Hours Act 19/4/05-16/6/05

18. Unemployed Workmen Act [Unemployed Workmen Act 1905] 26/1/06-13/1/1912

19. Midwives Act* [Midwives Act 1902] 19/6/06-15/5/12 [see Sanitary/Public Health Committee Subcommittees]

20. Lord Roberts Veterans Relief Fund 26/3/08-19/5/08

21. Housing and Town Planning* [Housing Town Planning etc Act 1909] 19/5/10-18/2/13

22. Markets (Obstruction) [obstruction of traffic in High Street and Market Street] 4/12/11

23. Mental Deficiency* [Mental Deficiency Act 1913] 27/4/14-6/10/14

24. Standing Orders 25/11/14-4/12/14

25. Peel's Museum 11/1/15-13/1/15

26. Staffs 10/12/14-19/8/19

27. Public Lighting 15/2/17

28. Byproducts* 10/4/17 [see Milk Committee]

29. Local War Museum/War Memorial* 21/6/17-8/12/19

30. St Ebbes Recreation Ground/Oxpens 13/5/18-28/1/20

31. Celebration of Peace 10/1/19-3/9/19

32. Joint Consultative Board* 4/3/19-15/4/19

33. National Kitchens 9/8/19-5/12/19

34. [Re]organisation of Council Business 12/8/19-30/1/20

35. Unemployment* 30/9/20-17/3/21

36. [Reelection of] Committees [Special Committee under Standing Orders/Appointment of Members to Serve on Committees]* 17/11/19-18/10/45 [see Selection Committee for post-1945 records]

37. Port Meadow Allotments Joint 11/9/22-12/3/23

38. Road and Bridge [construction of relief roads and bridges between north and east Oxford future Marston Ferry link road and between Iffley Road and Abingdon Road via Jackdaw Lane] 29/9/22-16/10/22

39. Mayors and Sheriffs Salaries 16/3/23

40. Joint Cemeteries and Improvement Subcommittee [Oxpens] 24/1/23

41. Mayors Advisory* [25/5/23]-17/12/28 [15/4/40 see main committee series]

42. Joint Finance and Housing [Housing Act 1923] 24/10/23

43. Sheriffs Advisory [16/4/24]

44. Joint Finance and Highways Subcommittee [stocks and stores] 2/12/24

45. Education Subcommittee [appointment of Secretary] 19/6/25-29/6/25

46. Allowance to the Late Town Clerk [Bacon] 25/9/25-8/10/25

47. Octavia Hill Methods of Estate Management 12/7/26-9/8/26

48. Land* [land purchases] 16/3/27-22/7/27

49. Hide and Skin Market 9/11/27-26/1/28

50. Cattle Market [transfer of cattle market from Gloucester Green to Oxpens creation of carpark at Gloucester Green construction of Oxpens bypass road - see Oxpens Committee 24/1/23] 1/1/29-15/4/32

51. Local Government Act 1929 [transfer of Oxford Incorporation and Headington Union Poor Law functions to city council] 14/5/29-8/11/29

52. London Road Hospital/Hospital Accommodation [proposal to purchase and adapt Headington RDC Isolation Hospital at Bayswater Turn as new City General and Infectious Diseases Hospital] 29/12/30-15/4/32

53. City Property 23/6/31-22/7/31

54. Mayors Unemployment 21/7/32-13/9/32

55. Local Committee re Bath and West and Southern Counties Society Show 1934* 11/9/33

56. Painted Room 23/11/33

57. Appointment of Mayors 9/7/34-16/7/34

58. Special Open Spaces* 4/7/34-19/10/37

59. Druce Cup 20/9/34-15/2/35

60. Silver Jubilee [King George V]* 16/1/35

61. Carfax Tower 24/6/35-27/10/37*

62. Florence Park [report of Charles Woodward on inspection of certain houses] 16/8/35-16/9/35

63. Henry Road Noise etc 9/9/35-26/11/35

64. Air Raid Precautions* [Home Office circular 9/7/35] 10/10/35-13/4/38

65. land at Sunnymead [proposed school and baths] 14/5/36

66. Joint re land at Headington [Barton Housing Estate] 5/12/36-12/12/36

67. Canal Wharf [abandonment of canal including wharves and landing places between the terminus and north side of Hythe Bridge Street] 12/2/37

68. [Childrens] Safety* 9/4/37-10/6/37

69. Coordination [23/9/37]-14/1/44

70. Joint re Port Meadow [for altering the boundaries of Port Meadow and Wolvercote Common under the Town and Country Planning Act 1932] 15/11/37-10/2/38

71. Joint re Physical Training [Physical Training and Recreation Act 1937] 23/11/1937

72. Scheme of Public Works 17/12/37-25/11/46

73. South Oxford Small Holdings* 21/7/38-7/11/49 [Agriculture Act 1947 Part IV provided for the extinguishment of small holdings in County Boroughs]

74. Development of Broad Street Ship Street and Turl Street 25/10/38-19/6/39

75. Office Accommodation 13/1/39-4/3/39

76. Meat Market 23/1/39

77. Civil Defence/Emergency* 4/5/39-7/2/40 [renamed 4/9/39]

78. Joint Meeting of Representatives of the Highways Town Planning Safety and Watch Committees re Street Accidents 1/6/39-1/7/39

79. The Council and the Local Joint Building* Trades 23/10/39-5/1/40

80. Conference between Representatives of the Various Groups on the Council 22/1/40

81. Joint Meeting of the Representatives of the Baths Parks and Town Planning Committees and of the Oxford Preservation Trust [GWR marshalling yards at South Hinksey] 19/6/41

82. Salvage of Railings [Ministry of Supply circular] 23/12/41-6/2/42

83. Bus Services 24/9/42

84. Meeting of South Ward Councillors [Bobart and other charities in St Peter in the East] 4/1/43

85. Holidays at Home 22/3/43-7/6/45

86. 3 Cornmarket Street [Oxford Preservation Trust lease] 29/3/44-5/4/44

87. Schools of Technology Art and Commerce [Cowley Road Hospital site] 2/10/44-30/10/44

88. Joint Estates Library and Town Planning Subcommittee [Development of Broad Street Ship Street and Turl Street site] 27/3/44-28/12/44

89. Bus Services [threatened strike action] 18/2/46

90. Appointment of City Architect 11/11/45-24/1/47

91. Joint Finance [Parliamentary] and Town Planning [proposed extension of Gas Works] 2/12/46-17/2/47

92. Finace Subcommittee and Housing (Standing) Subcommittee Joint 24/3/47-28/3/47

93. Joint Estates and Housing (Standing) subcommittees [Housing Act 1936] 29/5/47

94. Civil Defence Committee* [Civil Defence Act 1948] 3/10/49-16/12/60