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Expand 1 - Records of the Unreformed Cambridge Corporation1 - Records of the Unreformed Cambridge Corporation
Collapse 2 - Municipal Corporation 1835-19742 - Municipal Corporation 1835-1974
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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
Collapse 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
1 - A notice from the Eastern Counties Railway Company to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of St Andrew the Less
2 - Minutes of the Railway Committee
3 - Three letters from J Sanders Esq. to the Corporation concerning the sale of land on Stourbridge Fair Green
4 - Memorandum and receipt of deposit of purchase of money
5 - A set of correspondences to the Corporation from Crowder & Maynard (Solicitors), J Sanders, and others concerning the sale of land to the Eastern Counties Railways Company
6 - Copies of correspondences between Crowder & Maynard (Solicitors) and the Corporation concerning financial arrangements for the sale of land to the Eastern Counties Railway Company
7 - A note concerning the setting up of a Council committee to discuss the Eastern Counties Railways extension
8 - Minutes of the Railway Committee
9 - A report of the Railway Committee on the purchase of land on Hill's Road
10 - A note inscribed 'Hills Road, necessities of dealing with Foster'
11 - Eastern Counties Railway Act, 1845
12 - Correspondences from individuals, and a report by Mr Harwood, concerning the construction of the railway line at Hills Road
13 - Report of the Railway Committee on the purchase of land on Hill's Road
14 - A draft nomination of surveyor to determine the cost of land in the parish of St Andrew the Less, for purchase by the Eastern Counties Railway Company
15 - A draft application in support of a petition of the Mayor, Alderman and Burgesses of Cambridge
16 - An affidavit in support of a petition by the Mayor & Aldermen and Burgesses of Cambridge
17 - An abstract of the title of the Corporation of Cambridge to a piece of land on Hills Road sold to the Eastern Counties Railway Co
18 - A draft petition to the Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor by the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Cambridge, for a railway extension to Cambridge
19 - Three printed copies of 'An Act to Amend the Cambridge Improvement Acts, and to exempt the Eastern Counties Railway Company from certain Tolls thereby imposed'
Expand 20 - In the Court of Pleas for the Borough of Cambridge, Smith versus the Eastern Counties Railway Company; bundles labelled 1-4, 47-49 and 56-6020 - In the Court of Pleas for the Borough of Cambridge, Smith versus the Eastern Counties Railway Company; bundles labelled 1-4, 47-49 and 56-60
21 - A notice from the Eastern Counties Railway to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in Trumpington
22 - A notice from the Eastern Counties Railway to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of St Mary the Less
23 - A notice from the Eastern Counties Railway to the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, relating to the compulsory purchase of land in Trumpington
24 - A notice from the Eastern Counties Railway to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of St Andrew the Less
25 - A notice from the Eastern Counties Railway to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of St Mary the Less
26 - A notice from the Eastern Counties Railway to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of St Mary the Less
27 - A notice from the Eastern Counties Railway to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of St Mary the Less
28 - A notice from the Royston and Hitchin Railway to John Hitch Esq., Lord of the Manor of Melbourn, relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of Melbourn
29 - A notice from the Royston and Hitchin Railway to John Hitch Esq., Lord of the Manor of Melbourn, relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of Meldreth
30 - A notice from the Royston and Hitchin Railway to the Corporation, relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of St Andrew the Less, Barnwell
31 - A notice from the Royston and Hitchin Railway to John Hitch Esq. relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of Foxton
32 - A notice from the Royston and Hitchin Railway to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of St Mary the Less
33 - A notice from the Royston and Hitchin Railway to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of St Andrew the Less
34 - A notice from the Royston and Hitchin Railway to the Inhabitant Householders of the Borough of Cambridge relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of St Mary the Less
35 - A notice from the Royston and Hitchin Railway to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in Trumpington
36 - A notice from the Cambridge, St Neots and Bedford Junction Railway to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of St Andrew the Less
37 - A notice from the Cambridge, St Neots and Bedford Junction Railway to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in the Parish of St Andrew the Less
38 - A notice from the Cambridge, St Neots and Bedford Junction Railway to the Corporation relating to the compulsory purchase of land in Trumpington
39 - Letter to Messrs Sharpe, Field & Jackson from J Duncan, concerning the Railway extension to the River Cam
40 - A letter from C Harris, Town Clerk, to Eastern Counties Railway, concerning the Eastern Counties Railway branch to Cambridge
41 - Letter to V Hyde Esq. from Mr Jarry, concerning the Eastern Counties Railway plans and petition
42 - Letter to from J Duncan, Solicitors, concerning the Eastern Counties Railway Co Cambridge Extension
43 - Letter to Harris, Sumpter & Hyde from J Duncan, Solicitors, in response to a request to a query
44 - Letter to Messrs Wilkinson, Cobold & Patteson, Solicitors, from C Harris, Town Clerk, concerning the Cambridge, St Neots & Bedford Junction Railway
45 - Letter to J Duncan Esq., Solicitor, concerning the Eastern Counties Railway
46 - Two pages of notes and calculations
47 - Letter from C Francis to Messrs Harris, Sumpter & Hyde, Solicitors, concerning the Royston & Hitchin Railway, Cambridge Extension
48 - A report of the Railway Committee to be presented to the Council, relating to the extension of the railway to Cambridge
49 - A letter to Messrs Bircham, Dalrymple & Drake, Solicitors, from C Harris, Town Clerk, concerning the Royston & Hitchin Railway (Cambridge Extension)
50 - A letter from C Harris, Town Clerk, concerning the Royston & Hitchin Railway (Cambridge Extension)
51 - An invoice to the Corporation of Cambridge, from Mr Harwood, surveyor, relating to the Eastern Counties Railway extension, and an order for payment from the Council
52 - A draft reconveyance by William Jardine Purchas to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Cambridge, concerning the purchase of land
53 - Report of the Railway Committee relating to the Cambridge extension of the Royston and Hitchin Railway
54 - Letter to Messrs Harris & Co from Messrs Wilkinson, Cobold & Patteson, Solicitors, concerning the St Neots & Bedford Junction Railway
55 - Letter from J Travers from to Messrs Harris, Sumpter & Hyde, concerning the Royston & Hitchin Railway, Cambridge Extension
56 - Threatened annoyance to the River Colleges from a proposed railway
57 - A plan of the 'Branch to the River Cam' proposed Railway extension
58 - A petition to parliament by John Parston, requesting a Bill for the Hertford, Bedford and Huntingdon Railway
59 - Proposals of the committee of the Commissioners of the Cambridge Paving Acts
60 - A printed copy of proposals of the committee of the Commissioners of the Cambridge Paving Acts
61 - Writ of Error from the Court of Pleas of the Borough of Cambridge and judgement of Coram Lord Campbell
62 - A handwritten note listing 'cases cited…Queen's Bench June 9, 1854 writ of error from Court of Pleas of the Borough of Cambridge'
63 - Extract from the Great Eastern Railway Act, 1862
64 - Report of the Parliamentary Committee relating to the projected railway schemes at Cambridge
65 - Cambridge Improvement Acts, Meeting of the Parliamentary Committee
66 - A petition in favour of the Royston and Hitchin Railway Act Amendment Bill
67 - A plan of a section of St Andrew the Great showing the proposed railway
68 - A property valuation for the parish of St Andrew the Less
69 - The Great Northern Railway Bill, 1881
70 - A letter from Charles Turner, Cambridge Union Clerk, to CW Palmer Esq. Clerk to the Improvement Commissioners
71 - Great Eastern Railway (General Powers), notice to Landowners, addressed to Mr Bowyear, Surveyor of Highways of the Parish of St Andrew the Less
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
Expand 39 - Cambridge University and Town Water Act, 191039 - Cambridge University and Town Water Act, 1910
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