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Expand 1 - Council and Assembly books1 - Council and Assembly books
Expand 2 - Agenda and committee reports for Council Meetings 2 - Agenda and committee reports for Council Meetings
Expand 3 - Committee minute and report books3 - Committee minute and report books
Expand 4 - Declarations of office books4 - Declarations of office books
Expand 5 - Yearbooks5 - Yearbooks
Expand 6 - Internal reports 6 - Internal reports
Expand 7 - Committee papers7 - Committee papers
Expand 8 - Registered correspondence files8 - Registered correspondence files
Expand 9 - Public Office9 - Public Office
Collapse 10 - Parliamentary Acts and Bills10 - Parliamentary Acts and Bills
1 - An act for the better paving, cleansing and lighting the town of Cambridge; for removing and preventing obstructions and annoyances; and for widening the streets, lanes and other passages within the said town
2 - The Cambridge Gas Light Co Act of incorporation
3 - The Cambridge Gaol Paving and Lighting Acts including an act for building a new gaol for the town of Cambridge, 1826; the Cambridge Improvement Act, 1794; and an act to incorporate a company for the better supplying with gas the town of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge, 1834
4 - An act to amend an act of the 7th and 8th of King George the 4th for building a new gaol for the town of Cambridge, and for making further provision for payment of creditors under the said act
Expand 5 - The Eastern Counties Railway Act, 1845 and an Act to Amend the Cambridge Improvement Acts, and to exempt the Eastern Counties Railway Company from certain tolls thereby imposed5 - The Eastern Counties Railway Act, 1845 and an Act to Amend the Cambridge Improvement Acts, and to exempt the Eastern Counties Railway Company from certain tolls thereby imposed
6 - An Act for consolidating in one act certain provisions usually contained in acts for constructing or regulating markets and fairs, 1847
7 - An act for consolidating in one act certain provisions usually contained in acts authorising the making of gasworks for supplying towns with gas
8 - The Cambridge Corporation Act
9 - Number not used
10 - The River Cam Navigation Act 1851 and byelaws made in pursuance thereof
Expand 11 - Waterworks legislation11 - Waterworks legislation
12 - The Cambridge Award Act
Expand 13 - Bill for stopping up St John's Lane13 - Bill for stopping up St John's Lane
Expand 14 - Gas legislation14 - Gas legislation
15 - An act to amend the laws relating to the sale and consumption of intoxicating liquors
16 - Official abstracts together with the explosive substances act
Expand 17 - The Great Eastern Railway Bill, 187517 - The Great Eastern Railway Bill, 1875
Expand 18 - Application for a new road at Newnham 18 - Application for a new road at Newnham
Expand 19 - The Cambridge Street Tramways Act, 1879 and the Cambridge Street Tramways extension, 188019 - The Cambridge Street Tramways Act, 1879 and the Cambridge Street Tramways extension, 1880
20 - An act to amend the Pedlars Act, 1871, as regards the district within which a certificate authorises a person to act as a pedlar
21 - Section of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 relating to ward boundaries
22 - A draft bill to amend theatre regulations, 1883
23 - The Great Eastern Railway Act
24 - Provisional order made in pursuance of section 52 of the Local Government Act
Expand 25 - River Cam bridges Committee papers25 - River Cam bridges Committee papers
26 - An act to confirm certain provisional orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Boroughs of Banbury and Cambridge
27 - An act to confirm certain provisional orders made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Acts 1882 and 1888 relating to Cambridge , Dover, Hove, Walsall, Wolverhampton, and Worcester
Expand 28 - A provisional order for electric lighting28 - A provisional order for electric lighting
Expand 29 - The Great Eastern Railway (General Powers) bills, 1885-189329 - The Great Eastern Railway (General Powers) bills, 1885-1893
Expand 30 - The Cambridge University and Corporation Act, 1894 30 - The Cambridge University and Corporation Act, 1894
31 - Canal tolls and charges no 8 (River Cam etc) order confirmation act
32 - Act confirming provisional order as to land required for purpose of a new cemetery
Expand 33 - A bill to empower the Corporation of Cambridge to construct tramways; to make certain street widenings; to purchase the undertaking of the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Company; to provide a crematorium and other purposes 33 - A bill to empower the Corporation of Cambridge to construct tramways; to make certain street widenings; to purchase the undertaking of the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Company; to provide a crematorium and other purposes
34 - Order of Local Government Board relating to the amalgamation of parishes in the Borough
35 - An act to confirm certain provisional orders made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Acts 1882 and 1888 relating to Cambridge and district , Sandwich, Deal, Walmer and district, Sittingbourne and Milton, Strood and Dartford (Rural Districts), Tadcaster and district (extension), Uxbridge and district (extension), and Wimbledon (extension)
36 - Form of financial statement for education Act 1902
37 - Local Government Board provisional orders (no 5) act, 1908 confirming order to enable the Urban District Council for the Borough of Cambridge to put in force the compulsory clauses of the land clauses act
38 - Housing town planning act
Collapse 39 - Cambridge University and Town Water Act, 191039 - Cambridge University and Town Water Act, 1910
1 - Two copies of a bill to confer further powers on the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Company; and for other purposes
2 - Report on bacteriological examinations of water during February and March 1909
3 - A note relating to a letter of 6 Mar 1909 from the waterworks company
4 - Newspaper article entitled Bad Water at Cambridge
5 - Extract from the Minutes of the Public Health Committee at meeting of 29 Jun 1909
6 - Note relating to report presented to the Public Health Committee
7 - A letter from AJ Mason to the Mayor relating to the conclusions reached by Professor Woodhead on the water supply in Cambridge
8 - Report on Cambridge water supply 1906-1909
9 - Draft notes for report on Cambridge water supply 1906-1909
10 - Report to the Council of the Borough from the Public Health Committee on the town's water supply
11 - Copy of a newspaper notice announcing the intention of the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Co to apply for a parliamentary bill to extend their powers
12 - Note relating to a letter from parliamentary agents dated 22 Nov 1909
13 - Copy of results of water examinations
14 - Table showing rates of water supplied for domestic purposes under sec 36 of the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Act 1853
15 - Notes with points of query regarding the new bill
16 - Report regarding the deposited plans by the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Co and points remaining unanswered regarding their intentions
17 - Copy correspondence between the Town Clerk and Sharpe and Co, parliamentary agents, regarding the Corporations opposition to the new rates of domestic supply outlined in the Water bill
18 - Extract from the minutes of the General Purposes Committee recommending amendments to the University and Town Waterworks bill
19 - Note regarding actions of the Town Clerk in Jan 1910
20 - Newspaper article entitled Dear Water for Cambridge
21 - A report from the General Purposes Committee to the Council outlining the principles of the Cambridge University and Town Water works bill
22 - Notes from an interview of the General Purposes Committee with Mr Rofe
23 - Memorandum by County Council Medical Officer on the Cambridge Waterworks Company bill
24 - A copy of a report from the General Purposes Committee presented to the Council on the waterworks bill annotated with notes and queries
25 - A note relating to arranging a conference between the promoters and opposers of the Cambridge Waterworks bill
26 - A note on the Waterworks bill in preparation for the sitting to the House of Lords Committee
27 - A copy letter from Sharpe and Co, parliamentary agents, to the Town Clerk relating to estimates for the purchase of the Cambridge waterworks undertaking
28 - A note [from Mr Rofe] relating to the cost of the waterworks bill
29 - A copy of a proposition that the public water undertaking should be in the hands of the Corporation annotated by the Town Clerk
30 - Carbon copy of a letter from the Mayor to Professor Hughes asking whether he would support, and possibly present, the case for the Corporation's opposition
31 - Carbon copy of a letter from the Mayor to Professor Hughes asking after a reply to his original letter of 1 Apr 1910
32 - A letter from JM Kenny Hughes to the Mayor explaining that he had mistakenly addressed his reply to the Mayors first letter to WH Harding the High Steward
33 - A note relating to Waterworks company stock
34 - A breakdown of costs relating to the purchase of Cambridge waterworks
35 - List of significant events and dates in the build up to promoting the waterworks bill
36 - Handwritten report on the Corporations decisions between Jan-Apr 1910 relating to the waterworks bill
37 - Notes on the waterworks bill including Council remarks on 13 Apr
38 - Copies of the Cambridge Chronicle containing articles and public notices regarding the Corporation's opposition to the waterworks bill
39 - General list of petitions for private bills deposited on of before 17 Dec 1909
40 - Petition against the Cambridge University and Town Water by the Star Brewery, Cambridge
41 - Petition against the Cambridge University and Town Water by the Master of Keeper and Fellows of Corpus Christi College
42 - Petition against the Cambridge University and Town Water by the Master Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and undivided Trinity
43 - Petition against the Cambridge University and Town Water by Thomas Musgrave Francis of Quy Hall, Cambridge
44 - Petition against the Cambridge University and Town Water bill by William Cecil Dampier Whetham of Upwater Lodge, Chaucer Road, Walter Morley Fletcher, of Burrell's Field, Cambridge, and John Bascombe Lock of Herschel House, Cambridge
45 - Petition against the Cambridge University and Town Water bill by Messrs Chivers and sons ltd
46 - Brief on behalf of the Corporation in support of their petition against the bill in the House of Lords
47 - Copy of the amended bill: the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks act, 1910 with provisos to clauses and additions
48 - Copy of the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks act, 1910
49 - Copies of amended clauses relating to inspection of company works, and provisions in case of purchasing water undertaking
50 - Draft copy of the petition by the Corporation against the Cambridge University and Town Water bill in the House of Lords
51 - Two copies of the petition by the Corporation against the Cambridge University and Town Water bill in the House of Lords
52 - Two copies of the petition against the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks bill by Cambridgeshire County Council
53 - Report of the Local Government Board on the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks bill, 1910
54 - Copy of the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Act, 1853
55 - Copies of the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks (Capital) Act, 1855; the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Act, 1866; the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Act, 1871; and the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Act, 1886
56 - Dr S Monckton Copeman's Report to the Local Government Board on an outbreak of Enteric Fever at Fulbourn Asylum, near Cambridge, with special reference to risk of pollution of underground water supplies by the sewage of the Asylum
57 - Report by John C Thresh on the best method of disposing of the sewage of Fulbourn Asylum
58 - Remarks on Dr Thresh's Scheme for disposal of sewage at Fulbourn Asylum by Duncan Forbes, Medical Officer of Health and E Wareham Harry, Borough Engineer
59 - Notes on criticisms of report on drainage of the Fulbourn Asylum by John C Thresh
60 - Report of the Conference at the Guildhall on possible contamination of water supply by sewage from Fulbourn Asylum
61 - Local Government Board inquiry on the question of securing from contamination the supply of water furnished by the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Company
62 - Report to the Local Government Board on an inquiry with reference to the question of securing from contamination the supply of water furnished by the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Company, by Dr Theodore Thomson and Mr PM Crosthwaite
63 - Graph showing daily rainfall in Cambridge between Feb 1909-Feb 1910
64 - Table A: Share capital authorised and raised and loan capital authorised and raised at 31 Dec 1909
65 - Table B: Capital expended from 1886-1909
66 - Table C: Income, expenditure and appropriation of profit from 1899-1909
67 - Table D: houses and population within the Borough of Cambridge and parishes supplied by the Company
68 - Table E: population supplied and consumption of water from 1899-1909
69 - Tables showing: capital receipts and expenditure of the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Company together with balance in hand or overspent at the end of each year; total profit on water, with additions available for loan charges and dividends during ten years; details of revenue expenditure including income tax; dividend and interest account; contingency fund account; and general balance sheet; for 1899-1908 and present and proposed charges
70 - Table showing rates of water supply of various companies authorised by acts of parliament and provisional orders from 1896 to 1909
71 - A table showing a comparison between existing water rates and proposed water rates for ordinary domestic supply
72 - A table showing the number of houses supplied with water at a loss to the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Company
73 - Tables showing rates of increase of population within the company's limits of supply 1861-1901 and estimated population to 1936 and estimated population daily average quantity of water required and maximum required in one day
74 - Article from the Cambridge Weekly News from 13 Aug 1909 on meeting of the town council relating to the water supply
75 - Article from the Cambridge Chronicle 29 Oct 1909: the water supply question
76 - Article from the Cambridge Chronicle 4 Mar 1910: Proposed municipalisation of the Waterworks undertaking
77 - Map showing limits of the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks supply
78 - Proof of William Potter Spalding, Mayor labelled in parliament session 1910
79 - Addition to the proof of the Mayor regarding University representation on the Council labelled in parliament session 1910
80 - Proof of Henry Rofe, civil engineer and notes for the cross examination of promoters' witnesses labelled in parliament session 1910
81 - Supplement to Mr Rofe's proof labelled in parliament session 1910
82 - Mr Rofe's notes on Messrs Sharpe and Co's letter of 16 Jun 1910 on effect of the water bill to the Cambridge University and Town Water Company
83 - Proof of Charles Edward Hawkins, consulting Geologist and an associate of the institution of Civil Engineers regarding siting of wells and water supply at Cambridge labelled in parliament session 1910
84 - Proof of Professor Boyd Dawkins, Professor of Geology in the University of Manchester labelled in parliament session 1910
85 - Proof of Dr Klein, lecturer on advanced bacteriology at St Bartholomew's hospital regarding inspections of water supply at Cambridge labelled House of Lords Session 1910
86 - Dr Klein's additional remarks on dangerous pollution labelled in parliament session 1910
87 - Proof of William Cash relating to the finances of Cambridge Corporation and explanation of finances in table of evidence labelled in parliament session 1910
88 - Proof of Dr Andrew John Laird, Medical Officer of Health for the Borough labelled in parliament session 1910
89 - Proof of Dr Graham Smith regarding bacteriological examinations carried out on Cambridge water
90 - Copy suspended sections from the East Hull Gas Act, 1906, the Pontypridd Waterworks and Tramroad Act, 1908 and the Heckmondwike and Liversedge Gas Act 1909 labelled House of Lords Session
91 - Minutes of speech and evidence taken before the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Cambridge University and Town Water bill
92 - Notes on Mr Balfour Browne's speech regarding treatment of condemned water site
93 - Copies of the filled bill: the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks act, 1910 with additions and amendments to clauses
94 - A copy the Cambridge University and Town Waterworks act as amended in committee
95 - Petition against the Cambridge University and Town Water bill to the House of Commons
96 - Brief on behalf of the Corporation in support of their petition against the bill in the House of Commons
97 - Draft proof of William Potter Spalding, Mayor and James Henry Cheshire Dalton, Chairman of the Public Health Committee
98 - Proof of William Potter Spalding, Mayor for House of Commons Sessions
99 - Proof of Frederick Howard Marsh, Master of Downing College, consulting surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital and a member of the Public Health Committee for House of Commons Sessions
100 - Proof of William Cash relating to the finances of Cambridge Corporation and explanation of finances in table of evidence labelled House of Commons session 1910
101 - Proof of Thomas Cecil Fitzpatrick, president of Queen's College and member of the Public Health Committee
102 - Proof of John Bester, member of the Chesterton Urban District Council and Chairman of the Chesterton Board of Guardians
103 - Proof of John Lambert, Chairman of the Chesterton Urban District Council
104 - Copy report of discussion in Cambridge Town Council on the Cambridge Water works bill, Thursday 19 May 1910
105 - House of Commons Minutes of Proceedings taken before select committee on private bills: Cambridge University and Town Water bill
106 - Plan of sterilisation works by T and C Hawksley, Civil Engineers
107 - Notes relating to raising funds for the works outlined in the bill
40 - Order of Local Government Board with respect to the regulations as to Medical Officers of Health and Inspectors of Nuisances
41 - Borough Police certificate granted under paragraph B of part 2 of the first schedule of the National Insurance Act
Expand 42 - Act confirming certain provisional orders of the Local Government Board relating to Cambridge and Southport 42 - Act confirming certain provisional orders of the Local Government Board relating to Cambridge and Southport
43 - Act confirming provisional order for altering the Cambridge Corporation Act 1850 and the Cambridge University and Corporation Act, 1894
44 - Cambridge Streets Provisional Order
Expand 45 - Local Government Provisional orders (no 21) bill, the County Borough of Cambridge Order45 - Local Government Provisional orders (no 21) bill, the County Borough of Cambridge Order
46 - Provisional order and confirming act as to provisional order enabling the Corporation to take lands for the construction of a footbridge over the Cam and improving certain streets
47 - An act to confirm a provisional order under the land drainage act 1916 and 1918 relating to an area drained by the River Ouse and its tributaries
Expand 48 - Cambridge University and Town Water bill, 192148 - Cambridge University and Town Water bill, 1921
Expand 49 - Cambridge Corporation bill, 192249 - Cambridge Corporation bill, 1922
50 - River Cam Conservancy Act
51 - Act confirming provisional order as to land required for the extension of Brooklands Avenue
52 - The Cambridge University and Town Gas (charges) Order 1921, special provisional prescription of the gas referees, 1922
53 - An act confirming provisional order as to land required for the widening of Coe Fen Lane and improvement of corner of East Road and Park Side
54 - An act to confirm certain provisional orders of the Ministry of Health relating to Cambridge, Darwen, Hyde, Middlesex districts, joint small pox hospital district, Portsmouth and Stoke on Trent
Expand 55 - Royal Commission on Local Government55 - Royal Commission on Local Government
56 - The Local Government Act
Expand 57 - Ministry of Health Provisional Orders Confirmation (No 8) Act, 192957 - Ministry of Health Provisional Orders Confirmation (No 8) Act, 1929
Expand 58 - Clerks papers relating to the borough extension58 - Clerks papers relating to the borough extension
59 - Compulsory purchase order relating to the Public Works Facilities Act, 1930
Expand 60 - The Cambridge Corporation Act60 - The Cambridge Corporation Act
61 - Town and Country Planning Act, 1932
62 - Restriction of Ribbon development Act, 1935
Expand 63 - Cambridge City Council objections to Proposals of the Local Government Commission for the East Midlands General Review Area presented to the Minister of Housing and Local Government, Jul 196163 - Cambridge City Council objections to Proposals of the Local Government Commission for the East Midlands General Review Area presented to the Minister of Housing and Local Government, Jul 1961
64 - City and Borough Police administration under the Police Act
65 - A bill to re-enact with amendments certain local enactments in force within the City of Cambridge; to confer powers on the Council of the City of Cambridge, and for other purposes
Expand 66 - Opposition to Elementary Education Bill by non-conformists66 - Opposition to Elementary Education Bill by non-conformists
Expand 11 - Orders in Council11 - Orders in Council
Expand 12 - Byelaws and regulations12 - Byelaws and regulations
Expand 13 - Local Government Board consents for loan sanctions13 - Local Government Board consents for loan sanctions
Expand 14 - Clerks legal papers14 - Clerks legal papers
Expand 15 - Contracts and agreements15 - Contracts and agreements
Expand 16 - Deeds16 - Deeds
Expand 17 - Lease books and leases17 - Lease books and leases
Expand 18 - Clerks property papers18 - Clerks property papers
Expand 19 - Elections19 - Elections
Expand 21 - Town clerks correspondence 21 - Town clerks correspondence
Expand 22 - Memorials and petitions22 - Memorials and petitions
Expand 23 - Public notices and memoranda book23 - Public notices and memoranda book
Expand 24 - Events and Commemorations24 - Events and Commemorations
Expand 25 - Public appeals25 - Public appeals
Expand 26 - Volumes of newspaper clippings26 - Volumes of newspaper clippings
28 - Copies of Council resolution and copies of certificates relating to service as special constables during the Great War
29 - The Great War roll of honour card index
Expand 30 - Political squibs30 - Political squibs
Expand 31 - Propaganda leaflets, notices and articles written by the Imperial Fascist League sent to City Councillors 31 - Propaganda leaflets, notices and articles written by the Imperial Fascist League sent to City Councillors
Expand 32 - Naturalization papers, Maskie 1859, Groote, 186132 - Naturalization papers, Maskie 1859, Groote, 1861
Expand 33 - Answers to government enquiry regarding Hawkers Licences 33 - Answers to government enquiry regarding Hawkers Licences
Expand 34 - The English parentage of the wives of Gustave and Adolphe Heberlein 34 - The English parentage of the wives of Gustave and Adolphe Heberlein
Expand 35 - Correspondence, a statement of dates and facts, and draft copy of the deed of disclaimers relating to a gift to the Corporation executed by Mr F Bailey 35 - Correspondence, a statement of dates and facts, and draft copy of the deed of disclaimers relating to a gift to the Corporation executed by Mr F Bailey
Expand H - Housing departmentH - Housing department
Expand PH - Public Health Department PH - Public Health Department
Expand SE - Records of the City Surveyor (Borough Surveyor)SE - Records of the City Surveyor (Borough Surveyor)
Expand TR - Treasurers' recordsTR - Treasurers' records
Expand W - Weights and Measures DepartmentW - Weights and Measures Department
Expand 4 - Cambridge Improvement Commissioners4 - Cambridge Improvement Commissioners
Expand 5 - Overseers of the Poor for the 13 ancient parishes of Cambridge5 - Overseers of the Poor for the 13 ancient parishes of Cambridge
Expand 6 - Overseers of the Poor for Cambridge and Cambridge Without 6 - Overseers of the Poor for Cambridge and Cambridge Without
Expand 8 - Trumpington Parish Council8 - Trumpington Parish Council
Expand 9 - Cherryhinton Parish Council9 - Cherryhinton Parish Council
Expand 10 - Cambridge City Charities10 - Cambridge City Charities
Expand 12 - Cambridge Town Court of Pleas12 - Cambridge Town Court of Pleas
Expand 13 - Court Leet13 - Court Leet
Expand 14 - Cambridge[shire] County Court14 - Cambridge[shire] County Court
Expand Co - Cambridge Borough CoronerCo - Cambridge Borough Coroner
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