Fonds BUDC30 - Records of Birr Urban District Council

Identity area

Reference code

IE OCL BUDC30

Title

Records of Birr Urban District Council

Date(s)

  • 1879 - 1974 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

11 Minute Books
21 Rate Books (over-sized)
11 Financial Statement - Expenditure Books (over-sized)
19 Financial Statement - Receipt Books (over-sized)
3 Subsidiary Accounts
1 Ledger
10 Books
4 Registers
2 Lists
4 Rentals

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Scope and content

11 Minute Books -
BUDC30/1/1: June 1903 - July 1907 (with abstract, 1989).
BUDC30/1/2: August 1907 - October 1911 (with abstract, 1989).
BUDC30/1/3: November 1911 - July 1918
BUDC30/1/4: August 1918 - May 1925
BUDC30/1/5: June 1931 - July 1936
BUDC30/1/6: August 1936 - April 1942
BUDC30/1/7: June 1942 - December 1946
BUDC30/1/8: January 1947 - December 1952
BUDC30/1/9: February 1953 - December 1957
BUDC30/1/10: January 1958 - April 1962
BUDC30/1/11: May 1962 - July 1974

21 Rate Books -
BUDC30/2/1/1: 1906 - 1910
BUDC30/2/1/2: 1911 - 1914
BUDC30/2/1/3: 1917 - 1918
BUDC30/2/1/4: 1922 - 1924
BUDC30/2/1/5: 1925 - 1928
BUDC30/2/1/6: 1928 - 1931
BUDC30/2/1/7: 1932 - 1936
BUDC30/2/1/8: 1937 - 1941
BUDC30/2/1/9: 1941 - 1946
BUDC30/2/1/10: 1947 - 1948
BUDC30/2/1/11: 1951 - 1953
BUDC30/2/1/12: 1953 - 1955
BUDC30/2/1/13: 1955 - 1957
BUDC30/2/1/14: 1957 - 1958
BUDC30/2/1/15: 1959 - 1960
BUDC30/2/1/16: 1961 - 1962
BUDC30/2/1/17: 1963 - 1964
BUDC30/2/1/18: 1965 - 1966
BUDC30/2/1/19: 1966 - 1967
BUDC30/2/1/20: 1967 - 1968
BUDC30/2/1/21: 1969 - 1970

11 Financial Statement Books -
BUDC30/2/2/1: 1906 - 1913
BUDC30/2/2/2: 1913 - 1921
BUDC30/2/2/3: 1929 - 1936
BUDC30/2/2/4: 1936 - 1941
BUDC30/2/2/5: 1945 - 1948
BUDC30/2/2/6: 1948 - 1952
BUDC30/2/2/7: 1952 - 1956
BUDC30/2/2/8: 1957 - 1961
BUDC30/2/2/9: 1961 - 1965
BUDC30/2/2/10: 1965 - 1968
BUDC30/2/2/11: 1968 - 1971

19 Financial Statement - Receipt Books -
BUDC30/2/3/1: 1906 - 1911
BUDC30/2/3/2: 1911 - 1920
BUDC30/2/3/3: 1929 - 1936
BUDC30/2/3/4: 1936 - 1940
BUDC30/2/3/5: 1940 - 1943
BUDC30/2/3/6: 1943 - 1945
BUDC30/2/3/7: 1946 - 1947
BUDC30/2/3/8: 1947 - 1949
BUDC30/2/3/9: 1949 - 1951
BUDC30/2/3/10: 1951 - 1952
BUDC30/2/3/11: 1953 - 1954
BUDC30/2/3/12: 1954 - 1956
BUDC30/2/3/13: 1957 - 1959
BUDC30/2/3/14: 1960 - 1962
BUDC30/2/3/15: 1962 - 1964
BUDC30/2/3/16: 1964 - 1967
BUDC30/2/3/17: 1968 - 1969
BUDC30/2/3/18: 1969 - 1971
BUDC30/2/3/19: 1971 - 1973

3 Subsidiary Accounts -
BUDC30/2/4/1: May 1913 - November 1928
BUDC30/2/4/2: December 1928 - September 1942
BUDC30/2/4/3: October 1942 - September 1957

1 Ledger -
BUDC30/2/5/1: 1936 - 1953

1 Account Book -
BUDC30/2/6: 20 December 1879 - 3 March 1908

1 Water rates bank lodgement book -
BUDC30/2/7: 8 January 1939 - 31 May 1947, also including one account book (water meter charges), dated September 1935 - 1959

1 Toll Book -
BUDC30/2/8: 13 October 1956 - 10 June 1965 (Birr Livestock sales and take over Fair Green and tolls for Mart 1965).

1 Account Book -
BUDC30/2/9: 13 September 1879 - 1 November 1926

1 Court Order Book -
BUDC30/3: 8 June 1908 - 23 December 1917

2 Registers -
BUDC30/4/1: 24 July 1908 - 5 April 1927 (Register of cow keepers and dairymen).
BUDC30/4/2: 1937 - 1950 (Register of dairymen).

1 Register of slaughter licences -
BUDC30/5: 11 September 1937 - 31 March 1969

3 Artisans dwellings rent collection books -
BUDC30/6/1/1: 30 September 1912 - 31 March 1934
BUDC30/6/1/2: 30 September 1934 - 30 September 1939
BUDC30/6/1/3: 30 March 1940 - 30 September 1941

4 Artisans dwellings general rentals -
BUDC30/6/2/1: 31 March 1914 - 31 March 1939
BUDC30/6/2/2: 31 March 1941 - 31 March 1943
BUDC30/6/2/3: 31 March 1943 - 31 March 1955
BUDC30/6/2/4: 31 March 1966 - 31 March 1974

2 Rent collection books -
BUDC30/7/1: March 1940 - September 1952
BUDC30/7/2: April 1961 - March 1967

2 Valuation lists -
BUDC30/8/1: February 1944 - February 1957
BUDC30/8/2: 1968 - 1970

1 Interim control register -
BUDC30/9: 24 February 1946 - 2 October 1947 (indexed).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

BUDC30 is arranged as follows:
BUDC30/1/1-11: Minute books
BUDC30/2/1/1-21: Rate books
BUDC30/2/2/1-11: Financial statement books
BUDC30/2/3/1-19: Financial statement - Receipt books
BUDC30/2/4/1-3: Subsidiary accounts
BUDC30/2/5/1: Ledger
BUDC30/2/6: Account book
BUDC30/2/7: Water rates book
BUDC30/2/8: Toll book
BUDC30/2/9: Account book
BUDC30/3: Court order book
BUDC30/4/1-2: Cow keepers and dairymen registers
BUDC30/5: Slaughter licences register
BUDC30/6/1-3: Artisans dwellings rent collection books
BUDC30/6/2/1-4: Artisans dwellings general rentals
BUDC30/7/1-2: Rent collection books
BUDC30/8/1-2: Valuation lists
BUDC30/9: Interim control register

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

By appointment only. Contact Offaly Archives at [email protected]

Conditions governing reproduction

May be reproduced in accordance with provisions of the Copyright and Related Rights Act (2000). No reproduction online, in print or broadcast without express permission of copyright holder.

Language of material

  • Béarla

Script of material

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Finding aids

Michael Murphy, Anne Coughlan and Gráinne Doran, 'Grand Jury to Áras An Chontae', (Jetprint: Tullamore, 2003).

Allied materials area

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Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

The following related material is kept in UDC holdings –
8 Manager’s Orders dated from 1 September 1942 – 31 December 1970.
8 General Registers of Interments, Clonoghill Cemetery, Birr dated from 3 December 1865 – present.
2 Registers of Purchasers of vaults and grave spaces, Clonoghill Cemetery, Birr dated from 6 November 1869 – present.
4 Indexes to Registers of Interments dated from 6 December 1869 to 30 September 1934.
1 Register of Interments, chronologically ordered, including amount paid dated 1917 – 1920.
1 Water Rates Bank Lodgement book dated 8 January 1939 – 31 May 1947.
1 Account Book dated 13 September 1879 – 1 November 1926.
1 Birr Urban District Court Order Book dated 8 June 1908 – 23 December 1917.
1 Register of Cowkeepers and Dairymen dated 24 July 1908 – 5 April 1927 (including a Register of Diarymen dated 1937 – 1950).
1 Register of Slaughter Licences dated 11 September 1937 – 31 March 1969.
3 Artisans Dwellings Rent Collection Books dated from 30 September 1914 – 31 March 1974.
2 Rent Collection Books dated from March 1940 – March 1967.
2 Valuation Lists dated from February 1944 – 1970.
1 Interim Control Register (indexed) dated 24 February 1946 – 2 October 1947.

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Publication note

Michael Murphy, Anne Coughlan and Gráinne Doran, 'Grand Jury to Áras An Chontae', (Jetprint: Tullamore, 2003).

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Dates of creation revision deletion

June 2019, Erin Sears

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Sources

Michael Murphy, Anne Coughlan and Gráinne Doran, 'Grand Jury to Áras An Chontae', (Jetprint: Tullamore, 2003).

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