Laugharne Parish Council Records and Community Council Records

Scope and Content

Records relating to Laugharne Parish Council and Laugharne Community Council, Carmarthenshire, 1895-1993, including Laugharne parish council minute books, 1895- 1969; parish councillors declarations, 1895-1952; receipt and payment accounts, 1895-1967; receipt and payment accounts for lighting, 1930-1974; parish councillors' expenses, 1939-1962; and deeds and documents, 1934-1973; correspondence, 1968-1972; maps, 1907-1908; Laugharne Parish Council minute books, 1969-1993; and records relating to Laugharne causeway, 1990-1993.

Administrative / Biographical History

Parish councils were established by the Local Government Act 1894. Community councils replaced parish councils under local government reorganization in 1974. Laugharne Community Council discussed the proposed Laugharne Causeway in the early 1990s. Part of Laugharne parish became a ward of Llanddowror Parish Council under the County of Carmarthen Review Order, 1935.

Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

Access Information

Ar Agor / Open

Dim cyfyngiadau / No Restrictions

Acquisition Information

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Note

Acc Nos: 5052; 7183; & 7258.

Other Finding Aids

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

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Archivist's Note

Compiled by Annette Strauch for Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire Archives using the following source: Carmarthenshire Archives Service, Catalogue of Laugharne Parish Council Records; Collis, Kim, The West Glamorgan Archive Service, A Guide to the Collections (Swansea, 1998); The Antiquities of Laugharne, Pendine and their Neighbourhoods, Carmarthenshire, Amroth, Sandersfoot, Cilgetty, Pembrokeshire, South Wales (London, 1880).

Appraisal Information

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi eu cadw / All records which meet the collection policy of the Carmarthenshire Archives have been retained

Custodial History

Deposited bythe Clerk to Laugharne Township Community Council, Laugharne, March, 1976, and the Community Council Clerk, St. Clears, July 1996.

Accruals

Mae croniadau yn bosibl / Accruals are possible