Anglesey County Council Records

Minute books of Anglesey County Council and various committees, [20th century]; and miscellaneous records, 1837 - 1986.

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. 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. The island continued to be a administrative unit, with the status of Borough Council. Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn/Isle of Anglesey County Council was established in April 1996, as part of Local Government re-organisation, and is responsible for providing all local government services in Anglesey; it has accumulated the collection for deposit.

Arranged by type

Access to Anglesey Civil Defence/ emergency planning records and Local Government reorganisation files is restricted.

Deposited by Anglesey County Council and its successors

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 Seri Crawley for the ANW project. The following sources were consulted in the compilation of this description: Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives, Catalogue, Anglesey County Council, Miscellaneous records and County Council minutes; Black, Karen, Summary of records in Anglesey County Record Office; Isle of Anglesey County Council website (www.anglesey.gov.uk/english/facts/index.htm), viewed 23 June 2003.

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.

(accumulated 1996)

Ni ddisgwylir croniadau/Accruals are not expected