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Council Minutes
The early form of township government progressed
from the authority of the Lord of the Manor to that of local
officials. The Township's Officers appointed by the parochial
authority were the Churchwardens, the Constables, the Surveyors
of Highways and the Overseers of the Poor. The Justices of the
Peace occupied an important position, often working with the
Townships Officers.
By the mid-eighteenth century the power of
the Lord of the Manor had declined and new authorities evolved
with bodies of Trustees which dealt with the administration.
In 1837 the Overseers of Halifax received the warrant of the
Poor Law Commissioners for the formation of the Halifax Union
which consisted of nineteen townships.
These changes were largely the result of the
tremendous growth of Halifax during the first half of the nineteenth
century. The records of the Halifax Town Trustees covered the
period from the Improvement Act of 1823 to the incorporation
of the borough in 1848 when a Town Council was elected by the
ratepayers.
Halifax Borough Council Minutes are extant
from 1848 until 1973 after which the Calderdale Metropolitan
Borough Council took over with minutes dating from 1973 to date.
In other areas of Calderdale the Local Authorities
which changed in name over a period of time and from from boards
to councils included: Barkisland Local Board, Barkisland UDC,
Brighouse Borough, Elland Local Board, Elland UDC, Greetland
UDC, Halifax RDC, Hebden Bridge Local Board, Hebden Bridge Parish
Council, Hebden Bridge UDC, Hebden Royd Parish Council, Hebden
Royd Town Council, Hebden Royd UDC, Hepton RDC, Heptonstall Parish
Council, Hipperholme Local Board, Hipperholme UDC, Luddenden
Foot Local Board, Luddenden Foot UDC, Midgley Local Board, Midgley
UDC, Mytholmroyd Local Board, Mytholmroyd UDC, Norland Local
Board, Norland Parish Council, Northowram Local Board, Northowram
UDC, Ovenden Local Board, Queensbury and Shelf UDC, Rastrick
Local Board, Ripponden UDC, Rishworth Local Board, Shelf Local
Board, Shelf UDC, Skircoat Parish Council, Southowram Local Board, Southowram UDC,
Sowerby Local Board, Sowerby UDC, Sowerby Bridge Local Board,
Sowerby Bridge UDC, Soyland UDC, Stainland UDC, Todmorden Local
Board, Todmorden Rural Sanitary Authority, Todmorden RDC, Todmorden
UDC, Todmorden Borough, Wadsworth Local Board, Warley Local Board
and Warley UDC.
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