Bedfordshire County Council Building Records

Other Bedfordshire County Council Building Records

Ref: CS/DLP Covering: Mid & South Beds 1956 – 1984

Content: County Secretary's Department: Development Layout Plans.
Proposed layout plans of new residential and some industrial estates, produced by the developer or District Planning Authority. Not necessarily the layout for which final planning approval was granted.

Ref. CC/HA  Covering: whole County 1962 – 1997

Content: Highway Agreements entered into by Bedfordshire County Council. Primarily concerned with the extension and building of roads, includes some estate development.

Ref. FSD/BI Covering: whole County from 1974

Content: Fire Services Department: Buildings Inspection Files.
Arranged in numerical box order by place as follows: Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, and the rest of the County A-Z by place.

Ref. CA Covering: whole County 1937 – 1988

Content: Records from the County Architects Department.In 1974 this became part of the Property Department, but records relating to building design, construction, repair and maintenance are still catalogued under the reference CA. Records relating to Estates Management (including County Farms/Land Agency after 1974 are catalogued under the reference PY.

Ref.AO/S Covering: whole County 1911 – 1982

Content: Agricultural Officer and Smallholdings/County Farms Estate Archives.Information on tenancy, cropping, land drainage, building maintenance and development of the land, including the roads.

Ref. AO/E4 Covering: whole County 1920 – 1976

Estate Archives: Land and Building Maintenance.

Deposited Collections which include building plans and drawings of properties

Ref: CDE Collection: Charter Design Partnership (Architects)

Parishes covered: All, plus some out-county material

Dates1836 – 1960

Ref: RGH Collection: Richardson, Gill & Houfe of London & Ampthill (Architects)

Parishes covered: Plans of their Ampthill offices [RGH5-6] plus others from London Office

Dates: 1906 -1980

Ref: Z284 Collection: Chrystal & West (Architects) Bedford

Parishes covered: Pencil sketches of buildings at: Ampthill, Aspley Guise, Gt. Barford, Bedford, Biddenham, Biggleswade, Bromham, Cardington, Clapham, Colmworth, Eaton Socon, Elstow, Felmersham, Knotting, Leagrave, Milton Ernest, Moggerhanger, Northill, Pertenhall, Radwell, Renhold, Ridgmont, Sharnbrook, Southill, Stevington, Stotfold Toddington, Old Warden, Wootton, Wymington

Dates: 1972 – 1988

Ref. X404 Collection: Chrystal & West (Architects) Bedford

Parishes covered: Bedford, Bromham , Clapham, Elstow, Higham Gobion, Kempston, Moggerhanger, Northill,Toddington, Old Warden

Dates: 1960 - 1987

Ref. X600 Collection: Albert W G Prosser (Architect) Bedford

Parishes covered: Plans including Aspley Guise, Bedford, Biddenham, Bromham, Ravensden

Dates: 1907 – 1934

Ref.X843/1/1-80 Collection: T & E Neville of Luton (Builders)

Parishes Covered: Luton & Dunstable

Dates: 1884 – 1967

Ref. Z839 Collection: Francis Newton Limited (Builders) of Hitchin

Parishes Covered: Plans of prominent buildings in the following parishes:
Arlesey, Bedford, Campton, Cardington, Chicksands, Dunstable, Flitwick, Henlow, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Shefford, Southill, Stewartby, Stotfold.

Dates: 1927 - 1969