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| INVERCLYDE
LIBRARIES - WATT LIBRARY The Watt Library holds the official records of the Fifth District of the County of Renfrew, and records of the former burghs which are now within Inverclyde. The Library’s holdings have been partially surveyed by the National Register of Archives for Scotland (survey number NRAS544) This mainly covers the Greenock Library Autograph Collection (19th Century) and Letters and Autographs (c.1790 – 20th Century). |
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| BURGH AND LOCAL AUTHORITY RECORDS | |||
| Burgh of Greenock | |||
| Accounts | 1793-1798 1804-1825 | ||
| Common Good accounts | 1906 | ||
| Dean of Guild Court records | 1930-1941 | ||
| Improvement Trust minutes | 1877-1895 | ||
| Law & Finance minutes | 1890-1895 | ||
| Magistrates’ Chairman’s book | 1899-1902 | ||
| Magistrates’ minutes | 1876-1923 | ||
| Magistrates’ sederunt | 1885-1886 | ||
| Town Council minutes | 1882-1975 | ||
| Gas, Electricity, etc. minutes | 1902-1904 | ||
| Police, Water & Tramway minutes | 1898-1899 | ||
| Sanitary, Cleansing & Health minutes | 1905 | ||
| Magistrates’ order book | 1923-1940 | ||
| Water Trust minutes | 1884-1895 | ||
| Parochial Board minutes | 1859-1882 | ||
| Police Board minutes | 1879-1901 | ||
| School Board minutes | 1873-1919 | ||
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| Burgh of Gourock | |||
| Board of Supervision minutes | 1869-1879 | ||
| Dean of Guild records | 1885-1957 | ||
| Fire Brigade minutes | 1897-1899 | ||
| Gamble Institute minutes | 1885-1917 | ||
| Gas Authority minutes | 1886-1899 | ||
| Burial Ground minutes | 1951-1960 | ||
| Town Council minutes | 1858-1962 | ||
| Register of boatlurers | 1906-1936 | ||
| Register of drivers of hackney carriages | 1905-1926 | ||
| Road Authority minutes | 1879-1889 | ||
| Sanitary Committee minutes | 1897-1900 | ||
| Works Committee minutes | 1886-1899 | ||
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| Burgh of Port Glasgow | |||
| Baths, Washhouses minutes. etc. | 1894-1911 | ||
| Cemetery Board minutes | 1898-1911 | ||
| Cleansing & Lighting minutes | 1901-1911 | ||
| Finance, Police & Magistrates minutes | 1878-1911 | ||
| Gas Committee minutes | 1867-1911 | ||
| Town Council minutes | 1774-1975 | ||
| Public Health minutes | 1898-1911 | ||
| Streets & Roads minutes | 1886-1911 | ||
| Town Hall Committee minutes | 1903-1911 | ||
| Water Committee minutes | 1890-1911 | ||
| Dean of Guild records | 1877-1945 | ||
| Register of plans & sections | 1892-1963 | ||
| Licensing Court minutes | 1891-1917 | ||
| Register of publican’s certificates | 1865-1960 | ||
| Harbour Trust minutes | 1833-1943 | ||
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| County of Renfrew – Fifth District | |||
| Council minutes | 1930-1971 | ||
| Kilmacolm Junior Literary Society minutes | 1892-1899 | ||
| Kilmacolm Parish Council rent roll | 1906-1907 1962-1963 | ||
| Kilmacolm Parish Library minutes | 1832-1878 | ||
| Kilmacolm Village Lamp minutes | 1876-1896 | ||
| Kilmacolm Public Green minutes | 1872-1899 | ||
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| Inverclyde District Council | |||
| Council minutes | 1975-1995 | ||
| Inverclyde Council | |||
| Council minutes | 1995 to date | ||
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| FAMILY, BUSINESS AND OTHER PAPERS | |||
| Customs receipts | 1812 | ||
| Chemist's prescription book | 1897-1898 | ||
| Crawfurd’s of Cartsburn | 20th century | ||
| Fairlie – Lamont | c. 1920s | ||
| John Galt | 19th & 20th centuries | ||
| George Blake manuscript of Westering Sun | 1946 | ||
| Greenock Botanical Library | 1861 | ||
| Greenock Female Benevolent Society | 1811-1854 | ||
| Greenock Foreign Library | 1807-1828 | ||
| Greenock Harbour Trust | 1886-1926 | ||
| Greenock (Watt) Library | 1782-1973 | ||
| Greenock Natural History Society | 1878-1939 | ||
| Greenock Philosophical Society | 1863-1958 | ||
| Master Joiners Society | 1826-1869 | ||
| Master Wrights Society | 1767-1882 | ||
| National Union of Railwaymen Greenock Branch minutes | 1933-1988 | ||
| Rankin & Blackmore employment registers | 1920-1950 | ||
| Robert Wallace – Postal Reform | 1832-1838 | ||
| Caledonian Foundry | 1915-1974 | ||
| Greenock Chamber of Commerce | 1815-1958 | ||
| James Watt papers | 18th & 19th centuries | ||
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| MAPS
AND PLANS The library also holds a collection of maps and plans for the area including Greenock, Port Glasgow, Gourock, Kilmacolm, Inverkip and Wemyss Bay. These include Ordnance Survey maps, railway and harbour plans, and improvement order plans. |
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Watt Library, 9 Union Street, Greenock PA16 9JH, is the depository
for records which are accepted as gifts or deposits and are available
subject to conditions. Opening hours: 1400-1700, 1800-2000 Monday, Thursday 1000-1230, 1400-1700 Tuesday, Friday 1000-1300 Wednesday, Saturday Tel: 01475 715628 Fax: 01475 712339 Email: library.central@inverclyde.gov.uk Website: www.inverclyde.gov.uk |
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